dictate

['dikteit,dik'teit]

vi.听写
vt.口授, 规定
n.命令, 指挥, 指令

例句与用法：

Her skills were in such demand that she could dictate her own salary.

她因其技术奇货可居，故可以主宰自己的薪金待遇。

The teacher dictated a passage to the class.

老师给全班同学听写一段文章。

I will not be dictated to.

我不愿受人摆布。

He was dictating a letter to his secretary.

他在向秘书口授信稿。

词形变化：

动词过去式: dictated | 动词过去分词: dictated | 动词现在分词: dictating | 动词第三人称单数: dictates |

详细释义：

vt.[(+to)]

1. 口授, 口述, 使听写

Afterwards he dictated a few letters to her.

之后他对她口授了几封信。

2. 命令, 规定, 要求, 指定[+wh-]

The police dictated where the large, noisy crowd should stand during the parade.

警察指定在游行时那一大堆喧闹的人群应站的位置。

vi.[(+to)]

1. 口授, 口述

2. 命令, 支配

I won't have him dictating to me.

我不要他对我发号施令。

n.

命令, 支配[C][P1]

I follow the dictates of my conscience.

我按良心办事。