名詞 dictate:

1. an authoritative rule
2. a guiding principle

動詞 dictate:

1. issue commands or orders for
   同義詞：order, prescribe
2. say out loud for the purpose of recording
3. rule as a dictator

1. Her skills were in such demand that she could dictate her own salary.
   她因其技術(shù)奇貨可居，故可以主宰自己的薪金待遇。
2. The teacher dictated a passage to the class.
   老師給全班同學(xué)聽寫一段文章。
3. I will not be dictated to.
   我不愿受人擺布。
4. He was dictating a letter to his secretary.
   他在向秘書口授信稿。

dic.tate

v.（動詞）
dic.tat.ed,dic.tat.ing,dic.tates
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another:
口述：大聲說或念，由另一個人記錄或書寫：
例句：
dictate a letter.
讀信

To prescribe with authority; impose:
命令，指示：權(quán)威性指示；強制實行：
例句：
dictated the rules of the game.
宣讀比賽規(guī)則

To control or command:
控制，支配：控制或指揮：
例句：
.Foreign leaders were . . . dictated by their own circumstances, bound by the universal imperatives of politics.(Doris Kearns Goodwin)
.外圍領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者…被他們自己的環(huán)境所支配，被政治的普遍的專橫所限制.(多麗絲·克恩斯·古德溫)

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To say or read aloud material to be recorded or written by another:
口述：大聲說或念材料，由另一個人記錄或抄寫：
例句：
dictated for an hour before leaving for the day.
在離開一天之前念一小時

To issue orders or commands.
命令：頒布命令或指令
n.（名詞）

A directive; a command.
指示；命令
A guiding principle:
指導(dǎo)原則：
例句：
followed the dictates of my conscience.
接受我的良心的支配

來源：
Latin dict3re dict3t- [frequentative of] docere [to say] * see deik-
拉丁語 dict3re dict3t- [] docere的重復(fù)動詞 [講] *參見 deik-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>dictate,decree,impose,ordain,prescribeThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to set forth expressly and authoritatively.:
這些動詞共有的中心意思的.明確和權(quán)威地闡述.：
例句：
victors dictating the terms of surrender;
勝利者口述投降的條目；

例句：
confiscation of alien property decreed by the legislature;
由立法機關(guān)和判決外國財產(chǎn)的沒收；

例句：
impose obedience;
強制服從；

例句：
a separation seemingly ordained by fate;
看起來是命運注定的分離；

例句：
taxes prescribed by law.
法律規(guī)定的稅額