英汉词典

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。