vt.

1. 命令[O2][+that]
   I command that he go at once.

   我命令他立即就去。

   I command you to start at once.

   我命令你立即動身。

2. 指揮，統率；控制
   He was told to command his temper.

   有人叫他控制脾氣。

3. 博得，贏得
   Honesty commands respect.

   誠實博得尊敬。

4. 俯瞰，俯臨
   The hill commands the sea.

   這座山俯臨大海。

5. 擁有，掌握

vi.

1. 指揮；控制；命令

n.

1. 命令[C]
   Who issued the command to fire?

   誰下令開槍的？

2. 控制，控制權；指揮，指揮權[U]
   He has a hundred men under his command.

   他指揮一百個人。

3. 司令部，指揮部[C][G]
4. 掌握；運用能力[U][S1]
   She has a good command of spoken English.

   她的英語口語很熟練。

5. 【電腦】指令[C]
6. 視界；俯瞰[S]

v.

1. give an authoritative or peremptory order.
   ▸Military  be in charge of (a unit).
   ▸archaic control or restrain (oneself or one's feelings).
2. dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height.
3. be in a strong enough position to have or secure:
   they command a majority in Parliament.

n.

1. an authoritative order.
   ▸authority, especially over armed forces:

   the officer in command.
   ▸a group of officers exercising control over a group or operation.
   ▸a body of troops or a district under the control of a particular officer.
2. the ability to use or control something:
   his command of English.
3. an instruction causing a computer to perform one of its basic functions.