[with obj.]lay down authoritatively; prescribe:
命令;规定
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the tsar's attempts to dictate policy 沙皇想控制决策的企图
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[no obj.]
that doesn't give you the right to dictate to me .这并不意味着你有权对我发号施令。
[with obj.]control or decisively affect; determine
控制;支配;决定
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choice is often dictated by availability 选择往往决定于是否有可能
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[no obj.]
a review process can be changed as circumstances dictate .审查过程可能会视具体情况的需要而有所改变。
say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape)
口授
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I have four letters to dictate .我有四封信要口授。
(一般作
命令;(必须遵循的)原则;(必须达到的)标准
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the dictates of fashion .时尚的规则。
"late 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin