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Excellent. Just an FYI, as I am the expedition's team leader, protocol dictates that be phrased, "Fine, sir."
很好，友情提示下，既然我是考察队的队长，按规定你应该说"好的，队长"。
《The Big Bang Theory Season 2》《生活大爆炸 第二季》
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I know you're not ready, and I don't want you to say it just because social convention dictates. I love you, too.
我知道你还没准备好，所以我不希望你仅仅因为社交规矩而说出来。我也爱你。
《The Big Bang Theory Season 8》《生活大爆炸 第八季》
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I'm on vacation. Social convention dictates that I let my hair down at a local watering hole. Social convention is stupid.
我在度假，按照社会惯例我应该来当地酒吧放松一下。社会惯例就是个屁。
《The Big Bang Theory Season 5》《生活大爆炸 第五季》
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Bob, who appears to be a bald jaundice child, has pulled the famed sword right from its stone which legend dictates, makes him the new king.
鲍勃，这个一个光头的熊孩子，但他拔出了石中剑这一壮举，使他成功成为了新任国王。
《Minions》《小黄人》
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Regional custom dictates the preparation and consumption of traditional favorites.
地方习俗规定了传统的最爱的准备和消费。
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It's generally your job that dictates where you live now.
一般说来，你住在什么地方是由你的工作决定的。
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We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
我们凭良心做事，尽了我们的职责。
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Logic dictates that our ancestors could not have held a yearly festival until they figured what a year was.
依照逻辑推论，我们的祖先在弄清1年是什么意思之前，不可能举行过每年一度的节庆。
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We shall start as the weather dictates.
一旦天气许可，我们就动身。