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名词老板，上司; 领袖，首领; [机]轴套，套筒

及物动词当…的首领; 管理，指挥

不及物动词当首领; 发号施令

形容词俚很好的，一流的

1. 老板；上司
Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.

e.g. He cannot stand his boss...
他无法忍受他的老板。
e.g. Occasionally I have to go and ask the boss for a rise.
有时我不得不找老板要求加薪。

2. 领导；头儿；发号施令者
If you are the boss in a group or relationship, you are the person who makes all the decisions.

e.g. He thinks he's the boss.
他认为自己是头儿。

3. 对…颐指气使；对…指手画脚
If you say that someone bosses you, you mean that they keep telling you what to do in a way that is irritating.

e.g. We cannot boss them into doing more...
我们不能再差遣他们做更多的事了。
e.g. 'You are not to boss me!' she shouted.
“你不能指挥我！”她喊道。

4. 为自己打工；自己拿主意
If you are your own boss, you work for yourself or make your own decisions and do not have anyone telling you what to do.

e.g. I'm very much my own boss and no one interferes with what I do.
我自己很有主见，没有人干预我做的事。

相关词组：boss around

及物动词控制; 管理; 限制; 支配

名词支配权; 操纵者; （对国家、地区、机构等的）管理权; （键盘上的）控制键

1. (对机构、地方、体系等的)控制权，支配权
Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.

e.g. The restructuring involves Mr Ronson giving up control of the company...
这次改组涉及龙森先生放弃对公司的控制权。
e.g. The first aim of his government would be to establish control over the republic's territory.
他这届政府的首要目标是确立对共和国领土的控制权。

2. 控制(能力);支配(能力)
If you have control of something or someone, you are able to make them do what you want them to do.

e.g. He lost control of his car...
他的汽车失控了。
e.g. Some teachers have more control over pupils than their parents have.
有的老师比小学生的父母更能管得住他们。

3. 克制;控制力
If you show control, you prevent yourself behaving in an angry or emotional way.

e.g. He had a terrible temper, and sometimes he would completely lose control...
他的脾气很坏，有时会完全失控。
e.g. He was working hard to keep control of himself.
他正努力克制自己。

4. 控制;掌管;管理;统治
The people who control an organization or place have the power to take all the important decisions about the way that it is run.

e.g. He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California...
他现在掌管着加州南部最大的零售发展企业。
e.g. Almost all of the countries in Latin America were controlled by dictators...
当时几乎所有的拉丁美洲国家都由独裁者统治。

及物动词允诺，许诺; 给人以…的指望或希望

不及物动词许诺; 有指望，有前途

名词许诺; 希望，指望; 允诺的东西

1. 承诺；保证；答应
If you promise that you will do something, you say to someone that you will definitely do it.

e.g. The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday...
邮局承诺于星期五恢复对这个地区第一类邮件的递送。
e.g. He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment...
他已经保证富人和特权阶层不会再得到优惠待遇。

2. 答应给予；承诺给予；保证让…得到
If you promise someone something, you tell them that you will definitely give it to them or make sure that they have it.

e.g. In 1920 the great powers promised them an independent state...
1920年，列强承诺让他们成为一个独立的国家。
e.g. The officers promise a return to multiparty rule.
这些官员承诺恢复多党统治。

3. 诺言；承诺；保证
A promise is a statement which you make to a person in which you say that you will definitely do something or give them something.

e.g. If you make a promise, you should keep it...
如果做出了承诺，就应该遵守。
e.g. The program has lived up to its promise to promote family welfare.
这个项目恪守了其改善家庭福利的承诺。

4. 有可能；有希望
If a situation or event promises to have a particular quality or to be a particular thing, it shows signs that it will have that quality or be that thing.

e.g. While it will be fun, the seminar also promises to be most instructive.
这次的研讨会不仅会有趣，而且有可能会颇具启发意义。

5. （非常好的或成功的）希望，迹象，指望
If someone or something shows promise, they seem likely to be very good or successful.

e.g. The boy first showed promise as an athlete in grade school.
这个男孩在上小学的时候就初次显示出成为运动员的潜力。

名词突破; 穿透; 重要技术成就; 炉衬烧穿

1. 突破；重大进展
A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.

e.g. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China...
这家公司看来很有把握在中国取得重大突破。
e.g. The breakthrough came hours before a UN deadline.
在联合国的最后期限到来前数小时取得了重大突破。