in harness with
harness
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈhɑː.nəs/ us /ˈhɑːr.nəs/
to put a harness on a horse, or to connect a horse to a vehicle using a harness给（马）上挽具
to control something, usually in order to use its power: 控制；利用…的动力
There is a great deal of interest in harnessing wind and waves as new sources of power.人们对开发利用风和波浪这些新能源非常感兴趣。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fastening and tying
be locked togetheridiom
belay
bind
board something up
bound
bowline
clamp
gag
granny knot
half hitch
hobble
hogtie
knotted
stake
strap
strap someone in
strap something up
strop
tack
tape something up

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Controlling and being in charge

harness | American Dictionary

harness
noun[ C ]
us/ˈhɑr·nəs/
a piece of equipment, including straps for fastening it, used to control an animal such as a horse or attach it to a load to be pulled, or a set of straps used to hold a person in place:
a horse’s harness
a parachute harness
harness
verb[ T ]
us/ˈhɑr·nəs/
to put a harness on an animal or a person:
He harnessed the baby into her car seat.
The dam harnesses water power (= controls and uses it) to generate electricity.

harness | Business English

harness
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈhɑːnɪs/us
to collect and control something so that it can be used effectively:
harness energy/ideas/skillsOrganizations need to harness the skills and knowledge of people who are retired or unemployed.
harness the power of sthPlans to help developing countries harness the power of technology are important in the fight against global warming.

Examples of harness

harness
The prospect of holding public office successfully harnessed private ambition to party legitimation and swelled the ranks of the partisan labour force.
The first pertains to the development of interventions that effectively harness empirically identified protective processes.
The recent surge of interest in harnessing computers for teaching suprasegmentals has lead to the development of a number of programmes.
Potentially, harnessing temporal logic offers much more than this in modelling the argumentation process.
Instead of attempting to eliminate emergent phenomena, it could be interesting to explore how this might be deliberately achieved and harnessed.
While some seemed to have discarded it, others harnessed it for their own benefit.
In 1933 the association of directory publishers was taken over and the information and advertising industries were harnessed to the interests of the state.
There was a standing watch of about 2,000 men bearing cresset lights, and a marching watch of another 2,000 in harness.
The expansion to related objects allows firms to harness their competitive advantages in new market areas.
Commentators on and promoters of the new illustrated books of the 1850s did not simply emphasize how powers of multiplication had been harnessed.
This is a thought-provoking paper, harnessed to unquestionable richness of data.
It will contain systems and components to harness and utilise the forces of nature.
I shall want to harness all our talents in a national campaign to encourage the better use of our national language.
Thus, harnessing the archival potential of such systems, researchers could complement end-product-oriented research and shed light on how students use the system.
A recent report looks at the way in which this has been harnessed to diagnose disease.
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