mandate

名词 mandate:

1. a document giving an official instruction or command
   同义词：authorization, authorisation
2. a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
   同义词：mandatory
3. the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

动词 mandate:

1. assign under a mandate
2. make mandatory
3. assign authority to

1. The government gave the police a mandate to reduce crime.
   政府命令警方进一步打击犯罪活动。
2. We have a mandate from the union membership to proceed with strike action.
   我们获得工会会员同意，继续罢工。
3. Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa.
   英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。
4. Our election victory has given us a mandate to reform the economy.
   我们在选举获胜，这就使我们有权进行经济改革。

man.date

n.（名词）
An authoritative command or instruction.
训令：某个权威性命令或指示
A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative.
授权：某政治代表机构给它的代表发出的命令或委任

A commission from the League of Nations authorizing a member nation to administer a territory.
委任统治权：国际联盟授予其某一成员国管理某块地区的权力
A region under such administration.
托管地：由受托国管理的这样一片地区
Law
【法律】
An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.
上级法院给某官员或某下级法院发出的指令
A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.
代理契约：规定某方无偿为另一方履行一些服务的契约
v.tr.（及物动词）
man.dat.ed,man.dat.ing,man.dates
To assign (a colony or territory) to a specified nation under a mandate.
托管：将（某块殖民地或地区）指定给某个具体的国家托管
To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require:
批准：制订一个训令，如通过法律；发布命令或要求：
例句：
mandated desegregation of public schools.
命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离

来源：
Latin mand3tum [from neuter past participle of] mand3re [to order] * see man- 2
拉丁语 mand3tum [] 源自mand3re的中性过去分词 [命令] *参见 man- 2

【引伸】
man.da.tor
n.（名词）