Mandate



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解释

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• n. 命令, 指令;
• ［英］ n. 命令, 指令 ( an authoritative order or command)
• ［记］ mand ( 命令) +ate -> 命令
• ［同］ 同根词: command ( 指挥) ; countermand ( 取消, 撤回)
• ［例］ The government has mandated a balanced budget.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French mandat, from Latin mandatum, from neuter of mandatus, past participle of mandare to entrust, enjoin, probably irregular from manus hand + -dere to put — more at manual, do
• Date: 1501
• 1. an authoritative command; especially a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one
• 2. an authorization to act given to a representative zuoxieaccepted the ~ of the peopleyouxie
• 3.
  • a. an order or commission granted by the League of Nations to a member nation for the establishment of a responsible government over a former German colony or other conquered territory
  • b. a ~d territory

II. transitive verb (~d; mandating)

• Date: 1919
• 1. to administer or assign (as a territory) under a ~
• 2. to make mandatory ; order; also direct, require

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