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(huì)寫但會(huì)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(qiáng)行規(guī)定人們應(yīng)該怎樣生活。

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(dú)裁政治的專斷權(quán)，我會(huì)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(dòng)。

dictate可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)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(dá)命令”。