dictate
dictate 英 [dɪkˈteɪt] 美 [ˈdɪkteɪt]
v. 命令；口述；使听写 n. 命令；指示
进行时:dictating 过去式:dictated 过去分词:dictated 第三人称单数:dictates 名词复数:dictates
- When you dictate something, you are giving orders — acting a bit like a dictator.
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- v. 命令；口述；使听写
- n. 命令；指示
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1. He dictated a letter to his secretary.
他向秘书口授信稿。
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2. They are in no position to dictate terms .
他们没有资格发号施令。
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3. What right do they have to dictate how we live our lives?
他们有什么权利强行规定我们该怎样生活？
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4. It's generally your job that dictates where you live now.
一般说来，你住在什么地方是由你的工作决定的。
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5. She refused to be dictated to by anyone.
她不愿受任何人摆布。
- dictate (n.) 1590s, from Latin dictatum "something dictated," noun use of neuter past participle of dictare (see dictate (v.)).
- dictate (v.) 1590s, "to practice dictation, say aloud for another to write down," from Latin dictatus, past participle of dictare "say often, prescribe," frequentative of dicere "to say, speak" (from PIE root *deik- "to show," also "pronounce solemnly"). Sense of "to command" is 1620s. Related: Dictated; dictates; dictating.
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