dictate

名词 dictate:

1. an authoritative rule
2. a guiding principle

动词 dictate:

1. issue commands or orders for
   同义词：order, prescribe
2. say out loud for the purpose of recording
3. rule as a dictator

1. Her skills were in such demand that she could dictate her own salary.
   她因其技术奇货可居，故可以主宰自己的薪金待遇。
2. The teacher dictated a passage to the class.
   老师给全班同学听写一段文章。
3. I will not be dictated to.
   我不愿受人摆布。
4. He was dictating a letter to his secretary.
   他在向秘书口授信稿。

dic.tate

v.（动词）
dic.tat.ed,dic.tat.ing,dic.tates
v.tr.（及物动词）
To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another:
口述：大声说或念，由另一个人记录或书写：
例句：
dictate a letter.
读信

To prescribe with authority; impose:
命令，指示：权威性指示；强制实行：
例句：
dictated the rules of the game.
宣读比赛规则

To control or command:
控制，支配：控制或指挥：
例句：
.Foreign leaders were . . . dictated by their own circumstances, bound by the universal imperatives of politics.(Doris Kearns Goodwin)
.外围领导者…被他们自己的环境所支配，被政治的普遍的专横所限制.(多丽丝·克恩斯·古德温)

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To say or read aloud material to be recorded or written by another:
口述：大声说或念材料，由另一个人记录或抄写：
例句：
dictated for an hour before leaving for the day.
在离开一天之前念一小时

To issue orders or commands.
命令：颁布命令或指令
n.（名词）

A directive; a command.
指示；命令
A guiding principle:
指导原则：
例句：
followed the dictates of my conscience.
接受我的良心的支配

来源：
Latin dict3re dict3t- [frequentative of] docere [to say] * see deik-
拉丁语 dict3re dict3t- [] docere的重复动词 [讲] *参见 deik-

<参考词汇><同义词>dictate,decree,impose,ordain,prescribeThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to set forth expressly and authoritatively.:
这些动词共有的中心意思的.明确和权威地阐述.：
例句：
victors dictating the terms of surrender;
胜利者口述投降的条目；

例句：
confiscation of alien property decreed by the legislature;
由立法机关和判决外国财产的没收；

例句：
impose obedience;
强制服从；

例句：
a separation seemingly ordained by fate;
看起来是命运注定的分离；

例句：
taxes prescribed by law.
法律规定的税额