dictates

英 [dɪkˈteɪts] 美 [ˈdɪkteɪts]

v.  口述; (尤指以令人不快的方式)指使，强行规定; 支配; 摆布; 决定
n.  命令; 规定
dictate的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

    The verb is pronounced /dɪk'teɪt, am 'dɪkteɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'dɪkteɪt/. 动词读作/dɪk'teɪt, 美 'dɪkteɪt/。名词读作/'dɪkteɪt/。

  1. VERB 口授;口述;使听写
    If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
    1. Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning...
      谢尔登一周 7 天都要写作，每天早上口述小说让别人记录。
    2. Everything he dictated was signed and sent out the same day.
      他口授的所有内容都签上名并在同一天寄出了。
  2. VERB 命令;发号施令;强行规定
    If someone dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do.
    1. He had warned the West against trying to dictate to the Soviet Union...
      他警告西方国家不要试图对苏联发号施令。
    2. What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another?...
      一个国家有什么权力强行给另一个国家制定环境标准？
    3. He cannot be allowed to dictate what can and cannot be inspected...
      什么能检查什么不能检查不能由他说了算。
    4. What gives them the right to dictate to us what we should eat?...
      他们有什么权利来规定我们应该吃什么？
    5. The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments...
      这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。
    6. The rules of court dictate that a defendant is entitled to all evidence which may help his case.
      法庭规定被告可以出示任何对其辩护有帮助的证据。
  3. VERB 决定;支配;影响
    If one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences the second thing.
    1. The film's budget dictated a tough schedule...
      影片的预算决定了拍摄进度会很紧张。
    2. The way in which they dress is dictated by very rigid fashion rules...
      他们的着装受到时尚规则的严格限制。
    3. Of course, a number of factors will dictate how long an apple tree can survive...
      当然，影响一棵苹果树寿命的因素有很多。
    4. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
      比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
  4. VERB （理智或常识）认为，告诉
    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.
    1. Commonsense now dictates that it would be wise to sell a few shares.
      现在，常识告诉我们卖掉一些股票是明智的。
  5. N-COUNT 命令;指令
    A dictate is an order which you have to obey.
    1. Their job is to ensure that the dictates of the Party are followed.
      他们的工作就是确保党的指示得到执行。
  6. N-COUNT 原则;规则;准则
    Dictates are principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important.
    1. We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
      我们遵从了自己的良知，尽到了自己的义务。
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双语例句

  1. Commonsense now dictates that it would be wise to sell a few shares.
    现在，常识告诉我们卖掉一些股票是明智的。
  2. Their job is to ensure that the dictates of the Party are followed.
    他们的工作就是确保党的指示得到执行。
  3. We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
    我们遵从了自己的良知，尽到了自己的义务。
  4. Tradition dictates that girls should be married off early.
    传统习俗要求女孩子必须尽早结婚。
  5. Convention dictates that he should resign in such a situation.
    依照常规，他在这种情况下应该辞职。
  6. He always follows the dictates of common sense.
    他总是按常识行事。
  7. IPad effectively dictates the rules of the game now.
    1.iPad有效地控制了游戏规则的制定权。
  8. Each file system dictates its own storage strategy, which may be designed to meet a specific criterion.
    每个文件系统规定自己的存储战略，可能是为满足特定的条件而设计的。
  9. Standard CSS dictates that you explicitly write all values, causing the redundancy in Listing 4.
    标准CSS要求您显式写入所有值，因此会导致清单4中的冗余内容。
  10. No hard rule dictates how long a line of code should be.
    没有硬性规定一个代码行应该多长。
  11. In the server space cloudy could be represented by0 or1 or whatever the implementation language dictates.
    在服务器空间中，cloudy可以由0、1或如何实现语言规定的值表示。
  12. As a result, applications can be managed as the business dictates, not by technological limitations.
    结果是，可以按照业务的规定来管理应用程序，且不受技术限制。
  13. Let me first explain how SPML dictates support for synchronous and asynchronous execution of requests.
    首先看看SPML如何规定对请求的同步和异步执行的支持。
  14. Employees should learn to say "no" to their bosses unreasonable dictates.
    雇员应学会对上司不合理的要求说“不”。
  15. How you react often dictates how they will respond to those failures.
    你的反应往往决定了了他们将如何回应这些失败。
  16. You may find you often gain materially by following the dictates of your intuition and what just feels good.
    你可能发现根据你直觉的命令下或任何不错的感觉行事，经常可以获得你物质上的东西。
  17. Igor Costa also questions whether the coding conventions and best practices contain some unnecessary dictates.
    IgorCosta还质疑编码约定及最佳实践是否还包含了一些不必要的规定。
  18. All of us must follow the dictates of the law.
    我们都必须遵守法律。
  19. Wish you happiness, because morality dictates, would like to be with you, but my selfishness.
    祝愿你们幸福，是因为道德使然，想和你在一起，却是我的私心。
  20. You condemn me for following the dictates of my conscience.
    你谴责我凭着良心行事。
  21. You can set a character set and it "dictates" you some random text.
    你可以建立一个字符集，它可以向你“说”一些随机文本。
  22. The quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience.
    和道德规范与良心相一致的品质。
  23. On this Bill every member is free to vote as his own conscience dictates.
    每个议员都可以凭着自己的良心对这项议案进行自由表决。
  24. On all vehicles it is important to remember that the rear axle dictates the position of the front wheels.
    在所有车辆重要的是要记住，后轴决定了前轮的位置。
  25. The body produces what the mind dictates.
    身体会听从心灵的命令去生产和制造。
  26. How you deal with and manage those emotions dictates short, medium and long term trading performance and success.
    如何处理和控制这些情绪，会给你的工作表现和事业成功造成短期、中期和长期的影响。
  27. If man must have a religion at all, it is only that which his reason dictates.
    如果男人必须有一个宗教的所有，它只是说，他有理由要求。
  28. The institutional framework dictates the kind of skills and knowledge perceived to have the maximum payoff.
    制度框架描述了被认为拥有最大收益的技能和知识。
  29. My work dictates that I live in urban areas.
    我的工作规定我要在城市地区生活。
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