英语单词 | fiat |
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英美音标 | 英 ['fiːæt] 美 ['fiːæt] |
中文释义 | n.命令;法令 n.(F~)菲亚特(意大利汽车公司名或其出产的轿车品牌名) |
英语例句 | (1) The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat. (2) His influence stretched beyond Fiat. (3) While talking, he changed freeway lanes, maneuvering the Fiat with one hand. |
中文例句 | (1) 开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。 (2) 他的影响超出了菲亚特。 (3) 他一边讲话,一边用一只手开着菲亚特离开了高速干道。 |
vocabulary简明 | You might think a fiat is just an Italian car, but it actually means a legal, authoritative decision that has absolute sanction. |
vocabulary扩展 | From the Latin for "let it be done," the word fiat is a binding edict issued by a person in command. It can gain an almost Biblical aura of authority, like a movie Pharaoh saying, "So let it be written, so let it be done." So let it be a fiat. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]命令;指令 If something is done by fiat, it is done because of an official order given by someone in authority. [also [FORMAL 正式]
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