dictatest

[d?k'te?t]
vt.
使聽寫；口授，口述(令人筆錄或讓機器記錄)(to):
The president has dictated some letters to his secretary.
總裁已向秘書口授了一些信稿。
The teacher dictated a passage to the class.
老師讓全班學生聽寫了一段文章。
命令；指定；發號施令地規定，蠻橫地強加(條款、規則等)：
to dictate peace terms to a conquered enemy
專橫地把媾和條件強加給被征服的敵人
The victorious nations were able to dictate peace terms.
戰勝國能發號施令地規定媾和條件。
決定；對…有決定性影響：
The choice of computer is dictated by our special needs.
對計算機的選擇取決于我們的特殊需求。
vi.
做聽寫；口授，口述(后常與to連用)：
The director dictated to her secretary.
主任向她的秘書作口授。
The teacher dictated in Spanish to her class.
教師給全班學生做西班牙語聽寫。
命令，發號施令；支配：
You can't dictate to me how I should spend my money.
你不能硬性規定我應該如何花錢。
使成為可能：
We shall start as the weather dictates.
一旦天氣許可，我們就動身。
n.
[常用復數]命令；規定；指導，指揮，支配；要求
變形：
vt.
dictated
. dictating