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dictate

【英英释义】

 动词发音/dɪk'teɪt/   名词发音/'dɪkteɪt/

dict词根，表示“说”。

v. 1. if you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down. 口授，口述，使听写 V n  /  Also V

2. if someone dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do. 命令，发号施令，强行规定 V to n  /  V n  /  V wh  /  V to n wh  /  V n to n  /  V that

3. if one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences the second thing. 决定，支配，影响 V n  / V wh  /  V that

4. 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 agree. 理智或常识认为，告诉  V that

n. 1. a dictate is an order which you have to obey. 命令，指令  usu with supp

2. dictates are principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important. 原则，规则，准则 usu pl

to influence something or make it necessary.

【词义深度解析】

dictate原意是“口授（让别人书面记下来）”，经过转义，成了“强加某事物于某人”（双宾语）；也可以只有一个直接宾语，意思是“（不容分说）决定（应该如何）”；也可以只有一个间接宾语，意思是“指挥，摆布”。dictator，独裁者；dictatorship， 独裁，专政。

听写法，就是dictate的名词形式dictation。dictate作动词还可以表示“决定，支配，控制”，在一些语境下，我们可以用它替换decide，control，influence等词。

【例句学习】

1. As much as I want to travel around the world after graduation, my financial situation dictates that I have a job first.

2. The reality dictates wihich route China should take. 现实决定了中国应该走什么样的道路。

3. Chinese tradition dictates that sons are responsible for providing support and security for their aging parents. 养儿防老

4. In a liberal democracy we don't try and dictate how people should live so why does society try to dictate how people should die?

【词汇运用】

1.翻译：社会礼节规定了我们在公众场合应该如何行事。

The social polite dictates how we should behave in the public situation. （自己）

The social code/etiquette dictates how we should behave in public. （参考翻译）

分析：社会礼节的礼节，code/etiquette /'etɪket/.

2.生活场景应用

China's education system dictates that high school students must make every effort to prepare for the univesity entranace examination.