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Dictates Verb Dictated Thing 例:The Reason Common Sense

单词 dictate
音标
英[dɪkˈteɪt] 美[ˈdɪkteɪt]
解释
vt.口述;命令,指示;使听写;控制,支配;vi.口述;命令;
例句

VERB
口授;口述;使听写
If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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?

VERB
决定;支配;影响
If one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences the second thing.
例:The film's budget dictated a tough schedule...影片的预算决定了拍摄进度会很紧张。
例: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。

VERB
(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.
例: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。

N-COUNT
命令;指令
A dictate is an order which you have to obey.
例: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。

N-COUNT
原则;规则;准则
Dictates are principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important.
例: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。
变形
third:dictates~done:dictated~pl:dictates~ing:dictating~past:dictated~

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