wield

Word family

wield /wiːld/ verb [transitiveT] → wheeled

1 wield power/influence/authority etc HAVEto have a lot of power or influence, and to use it 拥有并使用权力/影响/权威等

The Church wields immense power in Ireland.

在爱尔兰，教会操纵着大权。

Examples from the Corpus

wield power/influence/authority etc• But more characteristic was the visible manipulation of supernatural power by men and women who wielded authority.• They weren't out to impress or wield power.• Curtiss draws a picture of a sensual, self-serving middle-aged woman who wields power as well as influence.• A close adviser of the dead King, he now wields power because of that King's death.• Conservatism went into relative eclipse. while Labour under Clement Attlee was able to wield influence in the coalition government.• Others were content to wield power in the party machines rather than in the public eye.• In allowing authority figures to wield power over us indiscriminately, we surrender our rights to choose to take responsibility.

2 HOLDto hold a weapon or tool that you are going to use 拿起〔武器或工具〕

She had her car windows smashed by a gang wielding baseball bats.

她的车窗被一伙挥舞棒球棒的人砸碎了。

Examples from the Corpus

wield• The man moved toward them, wielding a stick.• The rioters faced police who were wielding clubs and batons.• In the chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a lobbying group, she wields considerable influence in the Valley and beyond.• Now a generation of southern Republicans, brought up resenting the interfering ways of the federal government, is wielding disproportionate power.• Yet racial, national, and religious power blocs have always been integral to how power is wielded in this nation.• And the more one knew, the more control one could wield over circumstance.• He remained calm and imposing, a true Commander-in-Chief wielding sovereign authority.• Houses have been invaded at night by machine-gun wielding thugs.• But it is outside the Pru, in the City, where Newmarch's muscle is wielded to the most dramatic effect.

Origin wield

Old English wieldan

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8514 COCA: 7460

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