verb [vt. 及物动词] 命令，规定；影响，支配；口述，使听写
Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning. 谢尔登每天都进行创作，在上午口述他的小说。
noun [抽象名词] 命令，规定
We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty. 我们凭良心做事，尽了我们的职责。
dict(讲话； 命令) + ate → 命令
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- Logic dictates that our ancestors could not have held a yearly festival until they figured what a year was. 依照逻辑推论，我们的祖先在弄清1年是什么意思之前，不可能举行过每年一度的节庆。
- What right do they have to dictate how we live our lives? 他们有什么权利强行规定我们该怎样生活？
- The film's budget dictated a tough schedule. 该影片的预算决定了紧张的拍摄进度。
- I've got a long report I must dictate. 我拿到了一份我必须要口述的很长的报告。
- What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another? 一个国家有什么权利规定另一个国家的环境标准？
- Of course, a number of factors will dictate how long an apple tree can survive. 当然，一棵苹果树能存活多久是由许多因素决定的。
- The choice that does this is "dictate". 做到这一点的选择是“命令”。
- What gives them the right to dictate to us what we should eat? 是什么给他们权利来规定我们该吃什么？