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dictate v.口述,口授,使听写,指令,指示,命令,规定 n.指示(指理智,变心) Dictate can also be used in a broader sense. Weather often dictates how many layers of clothes you wear, and the school rules dictate how you behave in and out of class. In a very different meaning, dictate means to say something out loud to a person or into a machine so it can be recorded. Up until fairly recently, bosses dictated letters and reports to secretaries who wrote them down. ★★☆☆☆ 2012.6

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['dikteit] When you dictate something, you are giving orders — acting a bit like a dictator. The most famous of these efforts was initiated by Noam Chomsky, who suggested that humans are born with an innate language-acquisition capacity that dictates a universal grammar. The verb is pronounced /dɪk'teɪt, am  'dɪkteɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'dɪkteɪt/. 动词读作/dɪk'teɪt, 美 'dɪkteɪt/。名词读作/'dɪkteɪt/。1[VERB 动词]口授；口述；使听写 If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.   [V n]  [Also V]Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning...谢尔登一周 7 天都要写作，每天早上口述小说让别人记录。Everything he dictated was signed and sent out the same day.他口授的所有内容都签上名并在同一天寄出了。2[VERB 动词]命令；发号施令；强行规定 If someone dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do.   [V to n]  [V n]  [V wh]  [V to n wh]  [V n to n]  [V that]He had warned the West against trying to dictate to the Soviet Union...他警告西方国家不要试图对苏联发号施令。What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another?...一个国家有什么权力强行给另一个国家制定环境标准？He cannot be allowed to dictate what can and cannot be inspected...什么能检查什么不能检查不能由他说了算。What gives them the right to dictate to us what we should eat?...他们有什么权利来规定我们应该吃什么？The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments...这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。The rules of court dictate that a defendant is entitled to all evidence which may help his case.法庭规定被告可以出示任何对其辩护有帮助的证据。3[VERB 动词]决定；支配；影响 If one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences the second thing.   [V n]  [V wh]  [V that]The film's  budget dictated a tough schedule...影片的预算决定了拍摄进度会很紧张。The way in which they dress is dictated by very rigid fashion rules...他们的着装受到时尚规则的严格限制。Of course, a number of factors will dictate how long an apple tree can survive...当然，影响一棵苹果树寿命的因素有很多。Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。4[VERB 动词]（理智或常识）认为，告诉 You say that reason or common sense dictates that a particular thing is the case when you believe strongly that it is the case and that reason or common sense will cause other people to agree.   [V that]Commonsense now dictates that it would be wise to sell a few shares.现在，常识告诉我们卖掉一些股票是明智的。5[N-COUNT 可数名词]命令；指令 A dictate is an order which you have to obey.   [usu with supp]Their job is to ensure that the dictates of the Party are followed.他们的工作就是确保党的指示得到执行。6[N-COUNT 可数名词]原则；规则；准则 Dictates are principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important.   [usu pl]We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.我们遵从了自己的良知，尽到了自己的义务。

英语单词	dictate
英美音标	['dikteit]
中文释义	v.口述,口授,使听写,指令,指示,命令,规定 n.指示(指理智,变心)
vocab简明	When you dictate something, you are giving orders — acting a bit like a dictator.
vocab扩展	Dictate can also be used in a broader sense. Weather often dictates how many layers of clothes you wear, and the school rules dictate how you behave in and out of class. In a very different meaning, dictate means to say something out loud to a person or into a machine so it can be recorded. Up until fairly recently, bosses dictated letters and reports to secretaries who wrote them down.
真题原句	The most famous of these efforts was initiated by Noam Chomsky, who suggested that humans are born with an innate language-acquisition capacity that dictates a universal grammar.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	The verb is pronounced /dɪk'teɪt, am 'dɪkteɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'dɪkteɪt/. 动词读作/dɪk'teɪt, 美 'dɪkteɪt/。名词读作/'dɪkteɪt/。 1 [VERB 动词]口授；口述；使听写 If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down. [V n] [Also V] Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning... 谢尔登一周 7 天都要写作，每天早上口述小说让别人记录。 Everything he dictated was signed and sent out the same day. 他口授的所有内容都签上名并在同一天寄出了。 2 [VERB 动词]命令；发号施令；强行规定 If someone dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do. [V to n] [V n] [V wh] [V to n wh] [V n to n] [V that] He had warned the West against trying to dictate to the Soviet Union... 他警告西方国家不要试图对苏联发号施令。 What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another?... 一个国家有什么权力强行给另一个国家制定环境标准？ He cannot be allowed to dictate what can and cannot be inspected... 什么能检查什么不能检查不能由他说了算。 What gives them the right to dictate to us what we should eat?... 他们有什么权利来规定我们应该吃什么？ The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments... 这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。 The rules of court dictate that a defendant is entitled to all evidence which may help his case. 法庭规定被告可以出示任何对其辩护有帮助的证据。 3 [VERB 动词]决定；支配；影响 If one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences the second thing. [V n] [V wh] [V that] The film's budget dictated a tough schedule... 影片的预算决定了拍摄进度会很紧张。 The way in which they dress is dictated by very rigid fashion rules... 他们的着装受到时尚规则的严格限制。 Of course, a number of factors will dictate how long an apple tree can survive... 当然，影响一棵苹果树寿命的因素有很多。 Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game. 比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。 4 [VERB 动词]（理智或常识）认为，告诉 You say that reason or common sense dictates that a particular thing is the case when you believe strongly that it is the case and that reason or common sense will cause other people to agree. [V that] Commonsense now dictates that it would be wise to sell a few shares. 现在，常识告诉我们卖掉一些股票是明智的。 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]命令；指令 A dictate is an order which you have to obey. [usu with supp] Their job is to ensure that the dictates of the Party are followed. 他们的工作就是确保党的指示得到执行。 6 [N-COUNT 可数名词]原则；规则；准则 Dictates are principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important. [usu pl] We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty. 我们遵从了自己的良知，尽到了自己的义务。
来源	2012.6

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