英语词汇“dictate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

dictatedictate1 /ˈdɪkteɪt, dɪkˈteɪt/ ●●○ verb

ETYMOLOGYdictate¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin dictare to say often, say firmly, from dicere to say

VERB TABLE

dictate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dictate
	he, she, it	dictates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dictated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dictated
	he, she, it	has dictated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dictated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dictate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dictated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dictating
	he, she, it	is dictating
	you, we, they	are dictating
Past	I, he, she, it	was dictating
	you, we, they	were dictating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dictating
	he, she, it	has been dictating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dictating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dictating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dictating

COLLOCATIONS► as dictated by

Federal funds have to be used as dictated by Washington.

1[intransitive, transitive] to say words for someone else to write down: dictate a letter/memo etc. to somebody He was dictating a letter to his secretary.2[intransitive, transitive] to tell someone exactly what to do or how to behave SYN prescribe: Fashion designers no longer dictate skirt lengths.dictate something to somebody The board does not want to dictate teaching methods to schools.dictate to somebody We’re not trying to dictate to the governor.dictate who/what/how etc. I will not let them dictate how I should run my personal life.dictate that Their religious custom dictates that the head be covered. Federal funds have to be used as dictated by Washington.3[transitive] if something dictates another thing, it controls or influences it SYN determine: The amount of funds we receive dictates what we can do.dictate that The laws of physics dictate that what goes up must come down. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin dictare to say often, say firmly, from dicere to say]