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

单词	dictate
释义	dic·tate I. \ˈdikˌtāt also ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷; usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin dictatus, past participle of dictare to pronounce, assert, dictate, freq. of dicere to say — more at diction *intransitive verb* 1. : to speak, recite, or read off for a person to write down or transcribe or for a machine to record for later transcription < dictating too fast for the secretary to transcribe > < dictating into the machine > 2. : to speak or act commandingly or domineeringly, imposing orders, injunctions, and terms authoritatively or autocratically < a stern father and husband always dictating to his family > : prescribe, command < to act spontaneously as the heart dictates — Bertrand Russell > < as the situation dictates > *transitive verb* 1. : to speak, recite, or read off (something) for a person to write down or transcribe or for a machine to record < dictating a letter to the secretary > < dictating test questions to a class > < dictating a statement to the reporters > sometimes : to compose while speaking 2. a. : to issue as an order usually peremptorily < the duke dictating what part each should take > b. : to command or impose authoritatively : prescribe, enjoin : direct forcefully or irresistibly < dictating peace terms to the vanquished > c. : to require or determine necessarily < the weight of the floor dictates use of heavy supports > < an arrangement dictated by the situation > d. : to bring into being, form, determine, or influence commandingly < patroness who has set herself up to dictate public taste — Lillian de la Torre > e. : to designate authoritatively, overriding possible opposition < a president strong enough to dictate his successor > Synonyms: prescribe, ordain, decree, impose: dictate implies an authoritative direction, usually peremptory, or intended as not to be questioned < groups trying to dictate who shall and who shall not be retained on the faculties of the colleges and universities of the nation — W.T.Gossett > < he continued … to dictate the lives of the parishioners — Willa Cather > < the avarice which dictated every detail of their lives — Marcia Davenport > prescribe implies a formulated rule, law, or order and an authoritative pronouncement < my teachers should have prescribed to me, 1st, sincerity; 2d, sincerity; 3d, sincerity — H.D.Thoreau > < the terms prescribed by law — John Marshall > < driven to describe paths round the sun by exactly the same forces as prescribed the orderly motions of the planets — James Jeans > ordain implies enactment or institution by a supreme and unquestioned authority or power, usually suggesting the authoritatively definitive settlement of a question < in this same period Parliament … ordained that everyone who died should be buried in English cloth — G.M.Trevelyan > < nature inexorably ordains that the human race shall perish of famine if it stops working — G.B.Shaw > < a code of rigid and inflexible rules, arbitrarily ordained, and to be blindly obeyed — Havelock Ellis > decree implies a pronouncement by a governmental authority, a divine power, or an authoritative force < complainant must so state his case that … court can decree upon it — Detroit Law Journal > < Apollo decreed that nobody should believe her, although she spoke the truth — Maxwell Nurnberg & Morris Rosenblum > < blue eyes which his parents' chromosomes decreed for him — Ralph de Toledano > impose implies a subjecting to what must be borne, endured, or submitted to, or a dictatorial forcing of something upon someone or a compelling prescription of something < to impose impossible taxes on a poverty-stricken people > < to impose limitations on hours of work — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > < we are willing therefore to believe that destiny is imposed upon us — Archibald MacLeish > II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ sometimes ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin dictatum, from neuter of dictatus 1. a. : an authoritative rule : a prescription or injunction authoritatively pronounced (as in scripture or law) : a directive given cogency by conscience, reason, virtue, or other ruling principle < the dictates of good taste > < dictates of common sense > b. : a command by one in authority < the ruler's dictates > 2. archaic : material uttered for another's transcription 3. obsolete : dictum, maxim, precept 4. : diktat
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