英语单词 | mandate |
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英美音标 | 英 ['mændeɪt] 美 ['mændeɪt] |
中文释义 | n.命令;指令;要求;授权 v.把(某一地区)置于委任管理下 |
英语例句 | (1) The government gave the police a mandate to reduce crime. (2) We have a mandate from the union membership to proceed with strike action. (3) You should follow the doctor's mandate. (4) Our election victory has given us a mandate to reform the economy. (5) Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. |
中文例句 | (1) 政府命令警方进一步打击犯罪活动。 (2) 我们获得工会会员同意,继续罢工。 (3) 你该听从医师的要求。 (4) 我们在选举中获胜,这就使我们有权进行经济改革。 (5) 英国授权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。 |
vocabulary简明 | A mandate is like an official command or a go-ahead. When a politician wins an election by a lot, that's a mandate for their ideas. |
vocabulary扩展 | A mandate gives authority. If the government gives schools a mandate to test more, then the schools had better give more tests. People who work for the Peace Corps have a mandate to help various countries with things like getting clean drinking water. A politician who believe in higher taxes and then gets elected considers that a mandate to raise taxes. When you have a mandate, it's like a ticket to get something done. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](政府或经选举组建的机构的)授权,委托 If a government or other elected body has a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they have the authority to carry it out as a result of winning an election or vote. [oft N
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]授权;委托;委任 If someone is given a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. [oft N to-inf]
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]任期;在任期;统治期 You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country's leader or government remains in office as their mandate . [usu with poss] [FORMAL 正式]
4 [VERB 动词]授权;委任 When someone is mandated to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. [ [ [usu passive] [FORMAL 正式]
5 [VERB 动词]批准;颁布;强制执行 To mandate something means to make it mandatory. [V n] [V that] [V-ed] [AM 美]
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