dictating

英 [dɪkˈteɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɪkteɪtɪŋ]

v.  口述; (尤指以令人不快的方式)指使，强行规定; 支配; 摆布; 决定
dictate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /dɪk'teɪt, am 'dɪkteɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'dɪkteɪt/. 动词读作/dɪk'teɪt, 美 'dɪkteɪt/。名词读作/'dɪkteɪt/。


• VERB 口授;口述;使听写
  If youdictatesomething, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
  1. Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning...
     谢尔登一周 7 天都要写作，每天早上口述小说让别人记录。
  2. Everything he dictated was signed and sent out the same day.
     他口授的所有内容都签上名并在同一天寄出了。
• VERB 命令;发号施令;强行规定
  If someonedictates tosomeone else, they tell them what they should do or can do.
  1. He had warned the West against trying to dictate to the Soviet Union...
     他警告西方国家不要试图对苏联发号施令。
  2. 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？
  3. 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。
  4. What gives them the right to dictate to us what we should eat?...
     他们有什么权利来规定我们应该吃什么？
  5. The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments...
     这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。
  6. The rules of court dictate that a defendant is entitled to all evidence which may help his case.
     法庭规定被告可以出示任何对其辩护有帮助的证据。
• VERB 决定;支配;影响
  If one thingdictatesanother, the first thing causes or influences the second thing.
  1. The film's budget dictated a tough schedule...
     影片的预算决定了拍摄进度会很紧张。
  2. The way in which they dress is dictated by very rigid fashion rules...
     他们的着装受到时尚规则的严格限制。
  3. 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。
  4. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
     比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
• VERB （理智或常识）认为，告诉
  You say that reason or common sensedictates thata particular thing is the case when you believe strongly that it is the case and that reason or common sense will cause other people to agree.
  1. Commonsense now dictates that it would be wise to sell a few shares.
     现在，常识告诉我们卖掉一些股票是明智的。
• N-COUNT 命令;指令
  Adictateis an order which you have to obey.
  1. Their job is to ensure that the dictates of the Party are followed.
     他们的工作就是确保党的指示得到执行。
• N-COUNT 原则;规则;准则
  Dictatesare principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important.
  1. We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
     我们遵从了自己的良知，尽到了自己的义务。

双语例句

• Part of the daily routine of most executives is to spend a period of time with his or her assistant, going over projects, dictating letters, discussing appointments to be made etc.
  大多数业务经理大部分日常业务都花在与他或她的助理研究项目，口述信函，商讨会谈时间等事务上。
• I had no time in dictating the lyric of the song.
  我没有时间再把歌词听写了一遍了。
• On dictating equipment, the process of making reproducing a recording by means of a playback head or a combined head. He implies that several heads should have rolled; none did.
  在口述记录设备上，利用放音磁头或组合磁头回放录音的过程。他暗示到一些头目应当被记录，但一个也没有。
• Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning
  谢尔登一周7天都要写作，每天早上口述小说让别人记录。
• Some of the frameworks are "heavy," dictating the organization of your project and other conventions.
  一些框架是“重量级的”，详细指定了项目的组织和其他约定。
• The teacher was dictating.
  老师在进行听写。
• Dictating the Japanese army's policy toward prisoners of war.
  确定了日军对待战俘的政策。
• The manager was dictating a letter to the secretary.
  经理在向秘书口授信稿。
• Her face is impassive as she listens to Miller dictating the warrant for her arrest.
  她毫无表情地在听米勒口述拘留她的证书。
• While I was dictating a letter to my secretary, my wife rang.
  正当我在向我的秘书口述一封信时，我妻子打电话过来。