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Fiat 英 Fiːæt] 美 Fiːæt 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 Opening Market

英语单词 fiat
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
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[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 by N]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.

    他试图下令强行解决该国的问题。

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