dictated
v. 大聲講或讀( dictate的過去式和過去分詞 ); 口授; 支配; 擺佈
If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning...
謝爾登一週 7 天都要寫作,每天早上口述小說讓別人記錄。
Everything he dictated was signed and sent out the same day.
他口授的所有內容都簽上名並在同一天寄出了。
If someone dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do.
He had warned the West against trying to dictate to the Soviet Union...
他警告西方國家不要試圖對蘇聯發號施令。
What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another?...
一個國家有什麼權力強行給另一個國家制定環境標準?
If one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences the second thing.
The film's budget dictated a tough schedule...
影片的預算決定了拍攝進度會很緊張。
The way in which they dress is dictated by very rigid fashion rules...
他們的著裝受到時尚規則的嚴格限制。
You say that reason or common sense dictates that a particular thing is the case when you believe strongly that it is the case and that reason or common sense will cause other people to agree.
Commonsense now dictates that it would be wise to sell a few shares.
現在,常識告訴我們賣掉一些股票是明智的。
A dictate is an order which you have to obey.
Their job is to ensure that the dictates of the Party are followed.
他們的工作就是確保黨的指示得到執行。
Dictates are principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important.
We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
我們遵從了自己的良知,盡到了自己的義務。
1. determined or decided upon as by an authority;
Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
比賽形勢決定了他們要打防守戰而不是進攻戰。
He'll be his own man and won't be dictated to.
他要自己做決定,不會被他人左右。
The film's budget dictated a tough schedule.
影片的預算決定了拍攝進度會很緊張。
He dictated a letter to his secretary.
他向秘書口授信稿。
He dictated a letter to his secretary.
他向秘書口述一封信.