Call the shots
控制事态, 操纵
🧩 词语组成解析
call
[kɔl]
v. 呼唤，喊叫;召唤，叫来，召集;下令，命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫，大声喊;电话联络;必要，理由;要求;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
n. 炮弹；射击；射手（shot的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
Is it that serious a problem, Grandpa?
这个问题有那么重要吗，爷爷？
They are more interested in profit than beauty or health.
他们对于利益比美丽或健康更感兴趣。
as Walter Sullivan has put it in his excellent book, We Are not Alone.
正如沃尔特·沙利文在其杰作《我们并不孤独》中阐述的。