command performance

音标发音

" Command Performance" and " Command Performance 2"
“ 掌控性能” 和 “ 掌控性能 2”
Though a rookie to Big Business, I recognized this as a command performance.
尽管是大公司的一个新手，我意识到这是一个客气的命令。
Of course, this question is not a question at all but a request for a command performance.
当然这根本不算个问题，但是却需要很好的表现。

There was a command performance (the lecture which is the obligation of every prize-winner) that was so popular that it had, in at least one case, people queuing to get past the bouncers at the door because the theatre was full.
ECONOMIST: The Nobel-prize ceremonies
High-end servers, mostly based on 32-nm process technology, command premium prices because they offer better performance and lower power consumption.
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Within a command-and-control regulatory program, performance-based standards may offer advantages over standards specifying design, behavior, or manner of compliance.
WHITEHOUSE: Memoranda 01-27 (Guidance for Implementing E.O. 13211)

a special performance of a play or film that is given because a royal or very important person has asked for it

A command performance is a special performance of a play or show, especially one which is given for a head of state.