Dictate
[ 'dɪktet ]
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vt. 口述;命令，指示;使听写;控制，支配;
vi. 口述;命令;
💡 词根助记
dict说话，断言+ate说话→口授，命令；听写
📝 例句
Businessmen often dictate their letters.
商人常口授信稿令人笔录。
Economics may dictate only a one-time treatment.
在经济上可能只限于一次治疗。
Afterwards he dictated a few letters to her.
之后他对她口授了几封信。
I'll dictate a new clause and put in a three-or-four-year reversion.
我要口述一个新条款，纳入一个为期三年或四年的继承权文件中。
The police dictated where the large, noisy crowd should stand during the parade.
警察指定在游行时那一大堆喧闹的人群应站的位置。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ di-拼音“弟”,ct-CT机,ate-吃:弟弟照完CT机才能吃东西是一个命令
※ di-拼音“弟”,ct-拼音“餐厅”,ate-吃:弟弟在餐厅吃饭的时候接到了我的命令
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-dict-表示“说”
📖 牛津释义
dictate
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sth) (to sb) say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down or recorded on tape) 口授; 读出（文字, 作听写或录音）
dictate a letter to one's secretary 向秘书口授信稿
The teacher dictated a passage to the class. 教师读出一段文章让全班听写.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (to sb) state or order sth with the force of authority 强行规定; 指令; 指定
dictate terms to a defeated enemy 向战败的敌人指定条件. 3 (phr v) dictate to sb (esp passive 尤用於被动语态) give orders to sb, esp in an officious way 指使某人; （尤指）向某人发号施令
I refuse to be dictated to by you. 我不愿被你呼来唤去的.
You can't dictate to people how they should live. 不能强行规定人们应该怎样生活. =>Usage at decree 用法见decree. dictate, n (usu pl 通常作复数) command (esp one that reason, conscience, etc prompts one to obey) （尤指在理智、 良心等驱使下必须执行的）命令, 指令
Follow the dictates of common sense, ie Do what common sense tells you to do. 按常识行事.
🎯 考研助记
dict(说)+ate(动词后缀):听一个人说- 听写 独裁 网友：wangqidong 补充：字典(dic)能被塔特Tate口述,口授了指令,指示, 命令
🔁 扩展释义
*['dikteit]vi. 听写, 口述, 口授vt. 口述, 使听写, 命令n. 命令, 指挥, 指令
🌿 同词根单词
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I only decided to get one today.
我只是今天才决定买的。
I can wait all my life, sir.
先生，我可以等一辈子。
Hi, this is Steve. Is Pippa there?
你好。我是史蒂夫。皮帕在那吗？