1.[t][i]~ (sth) (to sb)口述to say words for sb else to write down
He dictated a letter to his secretary.他向秘书口授信稿。
2.[t]（尤指以令人厌烦的方式）指使，强行规定to tell sb what to do, especially in an annoying way
They are in no position to dictate terms(= tell other people what to do) .他们没有资格发号施令。
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？
3.[t][i]支配；摆布；决定to control or influence how sth happens
When we take our vacations is very much dictated by Greg's work schedule.我们什么时候休假在很大程度上取决于格雷格的工作时间安排。
It's generally your job that dictates where you live now.一般说来，你住在什么地方是由你的工作决定的。
The social conventions of the day dictated that she should remain at home with her parents.那时的社会习俗规定她应该留在家里，与她父母在一起。
1.[usupl]命令；规定an order or a rule that you must obey
to follow the dictates of fashion赶时髦
In an adjoining room he summoned one of his secretaries, Frau Gertrude Junge, and began to dictate his last will and testament.
他在隔壁房间里把一位女秘书格特路德·荣格夫人找来，开始口授他的遗嘱。
One day I shall have so much power that no-one will dictate my destiny and the dark arts will help me.
总有一天，我将如愿以偿，到那个时候没有人可以主宰我的命运，黑暗魔法将是我最亲密的伙伴！
But he also repeated that it is not up to the United States or any other foreign power to "dictate" who will govern Egypt.
但他也反复强调，埃及由谁领导并不是由美国或其他任何外国势力所决定的。
'I was just trying to help him, ' she says. 'I never tried to dictate what he should wear.
她说，我只是想帮助他，我从来没有试图去支配他，命令他应该穿什么。
The Chinese government can just make a call to banks and dictate how much they will lend and at what interest rate.
中国的政府只需要打个电话给银行，告知他们要借多少钱出去，借贷利率是多少就行了。
How much influence this buys the Americans is debatable: they tread a fine line between giving advice and appearing to dictate.
购买美式装备有多大影响尚无定论：美国人在给出意见和莅临指导之间如履薄冰。
Top White House officials insist that the president has no desire to dictate spending targets to other nations.
白宫高级官员们坚称，总统没有对其他国家下达支出指标的意图。
The age of any further cases will dictate the target age groups for the two subsequent NIDs.
任何进一步病例的年龄将为今后两次国家免疫日指示目标年龄组。
From my own experience, I can tell you that it's much easier to dictate a direction in a traditional command-and-control environment.
以我个人的经验而言，在传统的指挥与控制环境中，更容易通过命令来设定方向。
Thus for the first time Beijing will dictate how much lending banks can do.
因此，中国政府将首次能够就这些银行的贷款规模发号施令。
Of course your inventory space will dictate how much you keep and how much you sell, especially early in the life of your character.
当然物品栏的空间决定了你能携带和售卖的物品数量，这一点在角色成长的前期尤其明显。
The United States will not be able to dictate the pace and scope of this change. Only the people of the region can do that.
美国不可能决定这项变革的速度和范围，只有当地的人民才能做到。
Insurers will see the heaviest regulations, with new rules that dictate how much they can reap in profit and whom they must cover.
新法案对保险公司的监管将达到史无前例的程度，法案对它们能赚多少钱以及必须接受谁的投保都做出了强制规定。
The few can no longer dictate the course of mankind, and the path is opening up for the final stages of duality, as you know it.
少数人不能够在对整个人类发号施令了，并且道路在打开，为了二元世界的最后阶梯，这是你们都知道的了。
You are not telling your daughter not to share a bed with her boyfriend in her own home, just as you wouldn't dictate how she should vote.
（以下是评论部分）你又不是要你女儿别在她自己的房子里和男朋友同居，就像你并没有支配你女儿的想法。
Authorities can dictate how much the banks lend but are less able to control speculative inflows.
政府当局可以规定银行能贷出多少，却很难去控制投机热钱流入。
He would often dictate the text from memory for his Chinese scribes to put down in Chinese characters.
他常常能从抄写员口中听到经书原文，然后凭记忆译为汉字。
It does not seem to belong to you to dictate to your workmates .
你似乎不该对你的同事发号施令。
The Pleiadians assured me that they would not dictate the book to me and that I would have to pull it together through my own process.
昴宿星人保证了他们不对我口授这本书而且我会必须透过我自己的程序一起互动它。
It is a piece of cake for her to recite it or dictate it.
无论是背诵这些内容还是听写这些内容，对她来说都是小菜一碟。
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