vi.聽寫
vt.口授；規(guī)定；決定，影響
n.命令，支配，主宰；指揮；指令
He was dictating a letter to his secretary. 他在向秘書口授信稿。
He can't write but he can dictate. 他不會寫但會說。
Businessmen often dictate their letters. 商人常口授信稿令人筆錄。
You can't dictate to people how they should live. 不能強行規(guī)定人們應(yīng)該怎樣生活。
用作名詞 (n.)If I had the dictatorial power in a dictatorship, I will dictate those IT be kept in detention for appearing too pretentious. 我假如擁有獨裁政治的專斷權(quán)，我會命令把她關(guān)起來，罪名是外表炫耀做作。
Don't dictate to me to do that. 別命令我去做那件事。
It belongs to me to dictate to them. 我有指揮他們的權(quán)責(zé)。
dictate的基本意思是大聲講或讀,口授,也可用于口頭發(fā)出權(quán)威性的指令,以此來支配或指導(dǎo)他人的行動。
dictate可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。作及物動詞時接名詞或名詞從句作賓語。
dictate常和介詞to連用,表示“向…口授”“向…傳達命令”。
