reign

英 [reɪn] 美[ren]

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复数: reigns;第三人称单数: reigns;过去式: reigned;过去分词: reigned;现在分词: reigning;

reign 统治，当政

来自拉丁语 regnum,王国，统治，来自 regere,统治，管理，词源同 regal,regulate.

reign: reign: [13] Reign goes back via Old French reignier to Latin rēgnāre ‘be king, rule’, a derivative of rēgnum ‘kingship’ (source of English interregnum [16]). This was closely related to rēx ‘king’ (source of English regal, royal, etc), and also to regere ‘rule’ (source of English rector, regent, etc).
=> interregnum, regent
reign (n.): early 13c., "kingdom," from Old French reigne "kingdom, land, country" (Modern French règne), from Latin regnum "kingship, dominion, rule, realm," related to regere (see regal). Meaning "period of rule" first recorded mid-14c.
reign (v.): "to hold or exercise sovereign power," late 13c., from Old French regner "rule, reign" (12c.), from Latin regnare "have royal power, be king, rule, reign," from regnum (see reign (n.)). Related: Reigned; reigning; regnal.

1. The commanders accused him of carrying out a reign of terror.: 指挥官们谴责他实行恐怖统治。

2. More and more nobles made Moscow their home during Catherine's reign.: 在叶卡捷琳娜大帝统治时期，越来越多的贵族移居莫斯科。

3. Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.: 考古学家判定这个堡垒建于罗马皇帝安东尼·庇护统治时期。

4. The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.: 伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪.