reign

1. V-I If you say, for example, that silence reigns in a place or confusion reigns in a situation, you mean that the place is silent or the situation is confused. 主宰[書麪]

Last night confusion reigned about how the debate, which continues today, would end. 昨晚，這場在今天繼續(xù)進行的辯論將如何結(jié)束的問題令人睏惑。

2. V-I When a king or queen reigns, he or she rules a country. 在位統(tǒng)治

...Henry II, who reigned from 1154 to 1189. …1154年至1189年在位統(tǒng)治的亨利二世。

3. N-COUNT Reign is also a noun. 統(tǒng)治時期

...Queen Victoria's reign. …維多利亞女王的統(tǒng)治時期。