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dic·tate AHD[dĭkʹtāt', dĭk-tātʹ] D.J.[ˈdɪkˌteɪt, dɪkˈteɪt]K.K.[ˈdɪkˌtet, dɪkˈtet]v.(动词)dic.tat.ed, dic.tat.ing, dic.tates v.tr.(及物动词)- To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another:口述:大声说或念,由另一个人记录或书写:dictate a letter.读信
- To prescribe with authority; impose:命令,指示:权威性指示;强制实行:dictated the rules of the game.宣读比赛规则
- To control or command:控制,支配:控制或指挥:"Foreign leaders were . . . dictated by their own circumstances, bound by the universal imperatives of politics"(Doris Kearns Goodwin)“外围领导者…被他们自己的环境所支配,被政治的普遍的专横所限制”(多丽丝·克恩斯·古德温)
v.intr.(不及物动词)- To say or read aloud material to be recorded or written by another:口述:大声说或念材料,由另一个人记录或抄写:dictated for an hour before leaving for the day.在离开一天之前念一小时
- To issue orders or commands.命令:颁布命令或指令
n.(名词)AHD[dĭkʹtāt'] - A directive; a command.指示;命令
- A guiding principle:指导原则:followed the dictates of my conscience.接受我的良心的支配
- Latin dictāre dictāt- [frequentative of] dīcere [to say] * see deik- 拉丁语 dictāre dictāt- dīcere的重复动词 [讲] * 参见 deik-
dictate, decree, impose, ordain, prescribe- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to set forth expressly and authoritatively": 这些动词共有的中心意思的“明确和权威地阐述”: victors dictating the terms of surrender;胜利者口述投降的条目;confiscation of alien property decreed by the legislature;由立法机关和判决外国财产的没收;impose obedience;强制服从;a separation seemingly ordained by fate;看起来是命运注定的分离;taxes prescribed by law. 法律规定的税额
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