wield
Word family adjectivewieldablewieldlesswieldynounwielderwieldinessverbwield
wield /wiːld/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT] → wheeled1 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。
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。
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