掌握

1. grasp; master; know well

♦ ~一门外国语 have a good command of a foreign language

♦ ~现代生产技能和科学知识 master modern techniques of production and scientific knowledge

2. have in hand; take into one's hands; control

♦ ~ 主动权 have the initiative in one's hands

♦ ~自己的命运 take one's destiny into one's own hands; be master of one's own destiny