dominate

vt. have control over (a place or a person), or be the most important person or thing
支配，統(tǒng)治，在......中占首要地位
He refuses to let others speak and dominates every meeting.
他不想讓別人說話，所以他控制著每次會議。
The tree, which had grown too large, dominated the little garden.
這棵樹長得太大了，獨占了這小庭園。

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