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Domination is control — power over someone or something, the kind that does not leave much room to say no. Countries talk about political domination. A person can have domination over a conversation or a team if nobody else can get a word in.
Domination Domination（支配、統治） is control是一種控制 — power over someone or something也就是對某人或某事物的權力, the kind that does not leave much room to say no那種幾乎不留餘地讓對方說不的權力。Countries talk about political domination國家會談論political domination（政治上的支配）。A person can have domination over a conversation or a team一個人如果讓別人插不上話 if nobody else can get a word in就可以說他domination了一場對話或一個團隊。
It feels heavier than dominance. Dominance can be a fact (“they have dominance in this market”). Domination is more the act or the hold (“their domination of the market”).
It它 than dominance比dominance feels heavier感覺更沉重。Dominance Dominance（優勢） can be a fact可以只是一個事實 ("they have dominance in this market")（像"they have dominance in this market"，他們在這個市場上佔優勢）。Domination Domination更 is more the act or the hold偏向那個掌控的動作或狀態本身 ("their domination of the market")（像"their domination of the market"，他們對市場的支配）。
It is a serious word: history, , news, and sometimes personal relationships. In some adult sexual talk it also means one partner taking control, which is the neighbourhood of — but the meaning you will meet in school is simply strong control.
It它 is a serious word是個很嚴肅的字: history, politics, news像歷史、政治、新聞, and sometimes personal relationships有時候也用在人際關係上。In some adult sexual talk在某些成人性愛的說法裡 it also means one partner taking control它也指其中一方掌控主導權, which is the neighbourhood of dominatrix這跟dominatrix（女王）的意思相近 — but the meaning you will meet in school is simply strong control但你在學校會遇到的意思，就只是強力的控制而已。
Though actually, using domination for a sports win can sound a bit much; newspapers do it for drama, but it paints the other side as crushed, not merely beaten.
Though actually不過其實, using domination for a sports win用domination來講一場運動比賽的勝利 can sound a bit much可能會顯得有點誇張; newspapers do it for drama報紙這樣用是為了戲劇效果, but it paints the other side as crushed, not merely beaten但這會把對手描繪成被徹底擊垮，而不只是輸了而已。
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dominationnoun/ˌdɒməˈneɪʃən/
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Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
- First, relations of power and domination have been and continue to be significantly constitutive of social relations in modern societies.
- What this means is that the subordination of women by men is pervasive, that it orders the relationship of the sexes in every area of life, that a sexual politics of domination is as much in evidence in the private spheres of the family, ordinary social life, and sexuality as in the traditionally public spheres of government and the economy.
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The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.
- [...] thou and thine vſurpe / The Dominations, Royalties, and rights / Of this oppreſſed boy; [...]
- I am no friend to ariſtocracy [...]. [... O]n the ſuppoſed ruin of the conſtitution, [...] if it muſt periſh, I would rather by far ſee it reſolved into any other form, than loſt in that auſtere and inſolent domination.
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ChristianityA dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
- Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.
- The succession of orders given in this passage is not exactly the same as in the succeeding chapters, in which it is as follows: -- Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones; Dominations, Virtues, Powers; Principalities, Archangels, Angels.
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BDSMlifestylesexualityA fetish characterized by control and power over and discipline of one's sexual partner; sometimes including topping or sadism.
- By night, I am Mistress Shay Noir, the Black queen of domination. The world's most beautiful sadist.
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mathematicssciencestopologySynonym of cover.
- With more than 200 research papers published on the algorithmic complexity of domination and related parameters of graphs, it is difficult to know what to cover in a relatively short chapter on the subject, especially since it could take quite a few pages just to cover the preliminaries of computational complexity and the many algorithm design paradigms that have been applied to domination problems.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。