n. 驾驭(法);统治手段;控制(权);缰绳;
vt. 勒缰绳使(马)停步;驾驭;严格控制;
vi. 勒住马;
re(back)+in(hold)→缰绳;牵制;驾驭;控制
🗣️ 情景例句
What made you decide to study Economics?
你为什么决定修读经济学?
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
戏言寓真理。
I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.