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单词 mandate
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mandatenoun [ C usually singular ]

uk/ˈmæn.deɪt/us/ˈmæn.deɪt/

mandate noun [ C usually singular ] (AUTHORITY)

the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country:

At the forthcoming elections, the government will be seeking a fresh mandate from the people.
[ + to infinitive ] The president secured the Congressional mandate to go to war by three votes.

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Elections

  • absentee ballot
  • absentee vote
  • absolute majority
  • abstain
  • abstention
  • first-past-the-post
  • franchise
  • general election
  • gerrymandering
  • go to the country idiom
  • landslide
  • nominate
  • rigging
  • running mate
  • safe
  • scrutineer
  • secret ballot
  • show of hands
  • stump
  • vote of confidence

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mandate noun [ C usually singular ] (AREA NAME)

specialized politics the name of an area of land that has been given to a country by the UN, following or as part of a peace agreement

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Colonisation & self-government

  • annex
  • autonomous
  • autonomy
  • client state
  • colonial
  • crown colony
  • decolonization
  • dependency
  • devolution
  • devolve
  • independence
  • Independence Day
  • nationalism
  • nationalist
  • neocolonialism
  • self-government
  • self-rule
  • separatism
  • separatist
  • the British Empire

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mandateverb [ T ]

uk/ˈmæn.deɪt/us/ˈmæn.deɪt/

mandate verb [ T ] (GIVE PERMISSION)

to give official permission for something to happen:

The UN rush to mandate war totally ruled out any alternatives.

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Allowing and permitting

  • admit of sth
  • allow
  • allow of sth
  • allowable
  • authorization
  • authorize
  • concession
  • green
  • leave
  • let
  • let sb/sth in
  • let sb/sth out
  • licence
  • license
  • OK
  • open the floodgates idiom
  • sanction
  • submit
  • unlicensed
  • variance

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mandate verb [ T ] (ORDER)

mainly US to order someone to do something:

[ + to infinitive ] Our delegates have been mandated to vote against the proposal at the conference.

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Giving orders & commands

  • all-points bulletin
  • bade
  • boss
  • bossyboots
  • chain of command
  • charge
  • crack the whip idiom
  • defy
  • demand
  • dun
  • enjoin
  • expect
  • forget
  • harry
  • lay down the law idiom
  • ordain
  • order sb around
  • overbearing
  • prescribed
  • steamroller

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