call the shots都有什么意思

call the shots
发号施令；做决断；做主。

例句
1.I call the shots in the company.
在公司我说了算。

2.To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots.
作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。

3.Will China now be able to call the shots?
中国现在会发号施令吗？

call the shots
v.定调子，操纵;

以上结果来自金山词霸

例句:

1.
It was all much easier for western governments in africa when they could call the shots.
当西方政府可以发号施令的时候，它们在非洲的日子要轻松得多。

2.
Behind this undeniable success lies a story of how the founding family manoeuvredduring many years to call the shots.
隐匿在这无可否认的成功背后，是发起这家公司的家族，多年来如何操纵并发号施令的故事。