2019-02-21 dictate v.

词：dictate 

英英释义：to influence something or make it necessary 

例句： Why does society try to dictate how people should die? 

在一些语境下我们可以用它替换 decide, control, influence 等词。 

《经济学人》在一篇讨论安乐死的文章中就用到了 dictate： 

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?

3. 从认识到会用（作业） 

1）翻译下面的句子： 

社会礼节规定了我们在公众场合应该如何行事。

Protocol dictates how we should behave in public.

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

造句：

在一个僵化的社会，人们实现自己理想的能力极大程度由他们的出生所决定。

In a stiffened society, people's ability to live out their dreams are largely dictated by where they were born.