Dictate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.口述; 命令
• ［英］ v.口述 ( to speak or read aloud for someone else to write down) ; 命令 ( to prescribe or command forcefully)
• ［记］ dict ( 讲话, 命令) +ate -> 命令;
• ［同］ 参考: abdicate（退位）

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (dictated; dictating)

• Etymology: Latin dictatus, past participle of dictare to assert, dictate, frequentative of dicere to say — more at diction
• Date: 1581
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to give dictation
  • 2. to speak or act domineeringly ; prescribe
• transitive verb
  • 1. to speak or read for a person to transcribe or for a machine to record
  • 2.
    • a. to issue as an order
    • b. to impose, pronounce, or specify authoritatively
    • c. to require or determine necessarily <injuries dictated the choice of players>

II. noun

• Date: 1594
• 1.
  • a. an authoritative rule, prescription, or injunction
  • b. a ruling principle <according to the dictates of your conscience>
• 2. a command by one in authority

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