call the shots

基本解释

• 发号施令；操纵

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The country Obama inherits, the report warns, will no longer be able to 'call the shots' alone in an increasingly multipolar world.
  报告警告，在这个日益多元化的世界里，奥巴马从这个国家继承的将不再是“发号施令”的单边霸权。
• Until now the countries that call the shots in the euro area—those with strong public finances, notably Germany—have viewed Eurobonds with horror.
  至今为止，有着稳定的公共财政状况的国家尤其是在欧元区内发号施令的德国，并不赞同推行欧洲债券。
• Civilian leaders, saying they must call the shots, mistrust the rebel soldiers, especially those bearing the rank of colonel, who question the civilians’ capacity to command.
  文人领袖表示必须由他们发号施令，他们不相信叛军士兵，尤其那些配带上校军衔的军官，他们也质疑这些文人的指挥能力。

权威例句

• So, when we get bad news—such as an oil squeeze—the bears start to call the shots.
  FORBES: Chart Geeks May Finally Get Their Correction
• Don't forget, the Democrats wanted to call the shots as to when he would leave.
  NPR: Barbershop: What's the Buzz?
• Military-intelligence officers call the shots and few expect the new government to keep its promises.
  ECONOMIST: No end in sight to the rebellion

词组短语

短语

• You Call the Shots 让川普赞叹
• to call the shots 说了算;做最后决定
• I call the shots 我的未来式
• call the shots detail 做决断
• Courage I call the shots 勇往直前我做主

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to be in the position of being able to make the decisions that will influence a situation