govern: [13] Politicians’ clichés about ‘steering the ship of state’ are no new thing; for the distant ancestor of English govern is the Greek verb kubernan ‘steer a ship’ (source also of English cybernetics). It developed the metaphorical sense ‘guide, rule’, and it was this that passed with it via Latin gubernāre and Old French governer into English. The Latin form is preserved in gubernatorial ‘of a governor’ [18]. => cybernetics, gubernatorial
govern (v.)
late 13c., "to rule with authority," from Old French governer "steer, be at the helm of; govern, rule, command, direct" (11c., Modern French gouverner), from Latin gubernare "to direct, rule, guide, govern" (source also of Spanish gobernar, Italian governare), originally "to steer, to pilot," a nautical borrowing from Greek kybernan "to steer or pilot a ship, direct as a pilot," figuratively "to guide, govern" (the root of cybernetics). The -k- to -g- sound shift is perhaps via the medium of Etruscan. Intransitive sense from 1590s. Related: Governed; governing.
例文
1. The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves.
各加盟共和国は自治権の獲得を求め始めた。
2.The govern ?ment will continue to try to regenerate inner city areas.
政府は、引き続き内城地区の再建に努力する。
3.The govern -ment gave 30 million marks for new school books.
政府は学校の新しい教材を購入するために3000万マルクを拠出した。
4.They were utterly unfit to govern America.
彼らはアメリカを治める能力が全くない。
5.The govern -ment cannot afford to alienate either group.