2022-02-10
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - dominate & domineer & dominant
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง dominate = “DOM-uh-neyt”
ออกเสียง domineer = “dom-uh-NEER”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
dominate & domineer
The first of these words means
“to control, govern, regulate, or tower above”:
“The superintendent dominated the hospital staff.”
“The tall pine dominated the coastline.”
Domineer means
“to rule or govern arrogantly and tyrannically”
“to regulate like a despot”:
“Mussolini domineered (or domineered over) his countrymen for some twenty years.”
Domineer has more unpleasant
and unfavorable connotations than dominate,
but neither suggests a happy situation for thosebeing regulated.
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:
Dominant
The verb is “dominate”
the adjectiveis “dominant.”
The dominant chimpanzee tends to dominate the others.
