Wield

(verb.) handle effectively; 'The burglar wielded an axe'; 'The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well'.

(verb.) have and exercise; 'wield power and authority'.

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• But I trust, sir,' said Pott, 'that I have never abused the enormous power I wield. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• And anxious thoughts may be swept away, As we bravely wield a broom. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Good-by, Solomon, he added, trying to wield his stick again, but failing now that he had reversed the handle. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You could not wield a sword? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But unseen voices may emanate from unseen and unseeable creatures who wield invisible blades, answered the green warrior. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Every time their eyes met, I saw more and more what a tremendous power that weak, diffident school-girl could wield if she chose to do it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Can I be so weak as to imagine that Mr. Micawber, wielding the rod of talent and of power in Australia, will be nothing in England? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The use of electricity is so common today that the average person does not stop to think of it as a magical power wielding a tremendous influence for betterment in every-day affairs. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The nervous arm that wielded it, with such a gigantic force on public characters, was paralysed beneath the glance of the imperious Mrs. Pott. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• This very sword has cloven hundreds of Saracen Knights from crown to chin in those old times when Godfrey wielded it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Dost thou hear the hammer of Thor, Wielded in his gloves of iron? 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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