Reign

(noun.) royal authority; the dominion of a monarch.

(noun.) the period during which a monarch is sovereign; 'during the reign of Henry VIII'.

(noun.) a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; 'he was helpless under the reign of his egotism'.

(verb.) have sovereign power; 'Henry VIII reigned for a long time'.

整理:薇尔玛

• They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• King George III, who had begun his reign in 1760, was resolved to be much more of a king than his two German predecessors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This would have lengthened the average reign of each Pope, and enormously increased the continuity of the policy of the church. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• One age followed another until the first years of the eighteenth Christian century saw the reign of Aurungzebe, Emperor of the Moguls. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And he had it in charge from high authority to bring about the great public-office Millennium, when Commissioners should reign upon earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• However, if I get well over this folly, I will for the rest of my life reign lord paramount or nothing. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• For when we are married we will still dwell in Melnos, and reign over it through years of happiness. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Alack-a-day, the good Lord Luigi reigns not here in these sad times. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• During the Tudor and Stuart reigns a fashionable gift at christenings was the apostle, so called because at the end of the handle was the figure of an apostle. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown; Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave, And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• This is a species of dignity in which the high-bred British female reigns supreme. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Here, at least, the descendant of Alfred still reigns a princess. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Silence reigned in this dwelling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Finding my apprehensions unfounded, however, and calmed by the deep silence that reigned as evening declined at nightfall, I took confidence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Consternation reigned there. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In her reigned the love of money for its own sake. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• These three questions being put and responded to, between Caroline and Malone reigned silence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He reigned for seven years, and he reduced most of the Ionian cities of Asia Minor to subjection. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• After these events comparative quiet reigned about Petersburg until late in July. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The bank is under the direction of the four reigning burgomasters who are changed every year. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In 277 the reigning monarch had him crucified and his body, for some unknown reason, flayed, and there began a fierce persecution of his adherents. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Transparent reigning family took too to the waters, or retired to their hunting lodges. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But no man ventured directly to gainsay a pledge filled to the health of the reigning monarch. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• To my certain knowledge he has acted on behalf of three of the reigning houses of Europe in very vital matters. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• No less than fifty people obtained permission to take a peep at the three reigning princes from my excellent position. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• No, lady, answered Rebecca, the same calm melancholy reigning in her soft voice and beautiful features--that--may not be. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

校对:马特