4周搞定2000+托福核心词
addict = ad(一再) + dict(说) = 一再说起→对……入迷
addiction = ad(一再) + dict(说) + ion(表状态) = 一再说起→嗜好
abbrevate = ab(表加强) + brev(短) + ate(表动词) = 缩写
accelerate = ac(使) + celer(快) + ate(表动词) = 加快
命令
dictate
常考释义
vt. 强行规定；命令
Landlords can dictate their own conditions when letting.
房东在出租房屋时可以强制规定自己的条件。
What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another?
一个国家有什么权力强行给另一个国家制定环境标准？
He cannot be allowed to dictate what can and cannot be inspected.
什么能检查什么不能检查不能由他说了算。
You can't dictate to people how they should live.
不能强行规定人们应该怎样生活。
Tradition dictates the throne must pass to a male heir.
传统规定王位必须传给男性继承人。
Tradition dictates the throne must pass to a male heir.
传统规定王位必须传给男性继承人。
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vt. 决定；支配；影响
Of course, a number of factors will dictate how long an apple tree can survive.
当然，影响一棵苹果树寿命的因素有很多。
Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
比赛形式决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
The way we dress is dictated by convention.
我们的穿着受习俗影响。
Success or failure is often dictated by the weather.
成败常取决于天气。
vt. 口述；口授；听写
Phillips dictated a memo to his secretary.
菲利普斯向秘书口述备忘录。
Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning.
谢尔登一周七天都要写作，每天上午口述小说让别人记录。
Everything he dictated was signed and sent out the same day.
他口授的所有内容都签上名在当天寄出了。
vi. to dictate to sb：向某人发号施令；支配某人
The Executive has no desire to dictate to people how they should live.
行政当局不想对人民的生活方式指手画脚。
I won't be dictated to.
我不会受人摆布。
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