- 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