1.掌握全权,有支配...的力量 (over)
1.to be the main influence on people’s opinions or behavior
2.to control an area
1.Here, despots of every stripe continued to hold sway, unaltered by time or circumstance.
各种各样的独裁者持续统治着这里，不受时间和环境变化的影像。
2.In the Kremlin's mindset, showing due respect for Russia would have meant allowing it to continue to hold sway over its near-abroad.
但在克里姆林宫的思维模式中，向俄罗斯表示出应有的尊敬，就意味着允许俄罗斯继续对其周边地区享有控制权。
3.Its fighters hold sway over parts of Maguindanao, and these areas are not covered by the martial-law declaration.
它的战士控制着马京达瑙的部分地区，但这些地区并不在军事管制声明的范围之内。
4.Evangelical Christians, a large and powerful constituency, still revere Israel as ordained by God to hold sway over the Holy Land.
福音派基督教徒，一个强大的选民团体，仍然坚信以色列是受上帝的指派对圣地进行统治。
5.In the meantime, though, Citigroup strategists said they expect risk aversion to continue to hold sway in markets.
尽管同时，花旗集团策略师预计风险厌恶情绪将继续支配市场。
6.The darker version of this theme is that the four will use their power to hold sway with litigators, regulators and standards setters.
更黑暗的情况是四大会利用他们的能力来动摇立法者，管理者和标准制定者。
7.Will he make compromises with the resurgent opposition, to remove its sting, or will his undemocratic instincts hold sway?
为了消除芒刺，他会与复苏的反对派达成妥协吗？还是他不民主的本能会占上风？
8.Today Taliban insurgents again hold sway over much of the Kandahar countryside.
现在，塔利班武装分子再次控制了大部分坎大哈郊区。
9.Even with these rules, access to bank credit is very limited. In much of the countryside, usurious moneylenders still hold sway.
即使有了这些管制，得到银行贷款还是很困难，在许多农村地区，高利贷者仍大行其道。
10.13 "But the vine answered, 'Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees? "
葡萄树对它们说：‘我怎可以放弃生产那使神和世人都喜乐的新酒，飘摇在众树之上呢？’