Fiat



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.命令
• ［英］ n.命令 ( an order issued by legal authority; decree)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: fi看作fire+at -> 对...开火 -> 命令
• ［例］ a royal fiat ( 国王的命令)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin, let it be done, 3d singular present subjunctive of fieri to become, be done — more at be
• Date: circa 1631
• 1. a command or act of will that creates something without or as if without further effort
• 2. an authoritative determination ; dictate <a fiat of conscience>
• 3. an authoritative or arbitrary order ; decree <government by fiat>

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