lord it over

基本解釋

With a puppet prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, from his Pakistan People’s Party, Mr Zardari is poised to lord it over Pakistan.
再加上來自巴基斯坦人民黨的扎爾達里充當傀儡總理，扎爾達里如魚得水地操控著巴基斯坦。
25Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.
耶穌說：“外邦人有君王為主治理他們，那掌權(quán)管他們的稱為恩主。
Some say the upheaval proves the DNI needs more power; others reckon he would be better off not trying to lord it over other agencies, and act instead as a low-profile facilitator.
一些人說此次振蕩證明國家情報局長需要更多的權(quán)力，而一些人則認為，如果不是試圖凌駕于其它機構(gòu)之上，只是作為低調(diào)的推進者，Blair先生的結(jié)局可能會好些。

Women do not lord it over the men in some mirror image of patriarchy but men and women live as equals, albeit in a world that orbits the mother not the father.
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Not upon what is actually important, what are the living standards of the average person, but on who gets to Lord it over whom, who gets to claim to be King of the Castle.
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The same way of thinking that allows one to eschew democracy, lord it over one's fellows or simply to kill political opponents, is the same mentality that allows a former "idealist" simply to begin killing and stealing -- and prevents him from embracing peace.
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