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.

   我命令你立即动身。

2. 指挥，统率；控制
   He was told to command his temper.

   有人叫他控制脾气。

3. 博得，赢得
   Honesty commands respect.

   诚实博得尊敬。

4. 俯瞰，俯临
   The hill commands the sea.

   这座山俯临大海。

5. 拥有，掌握

vi.

1. 指挥；控制；命令

n.

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

   谁下令开枪的？

2. 控制，控制权；指挥，指挥权[U]
   He has a hundred men under his command.

   他指挥一百个人。

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

   她的英语口语很熟练。

5. 【电脑】指令[C]
6. 视界；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.