dictate[dik'teit]

vt. 口述,口授,使听写

vi. 口述,口授,听写;命令,支配

n. 命令,支配

时　态：dic·tat·ed, dic·tat·ing, dic·tates

issue commands or orders for
[同] dictate, order, prescribe
say out loud for the purpose of recording
[例]
He dictated a report to his secretary
rule as a dictator

He can't write but he can dictate.
他不会写但会说。
You can't dictate to people how they should live.
不能强行规定人们应该怎样生活。
The teacher dictated in English to the class.
老师用英语说话让学生听写。
The teacher dictated a story to the class.
教师让全班听写了一个故事。
And it will dictate people how their creations are used.
并引导人们如何使用他们的作品。
I am working at my novel dictating to a typewriter.
我正在写我的小说——正在向打字员作口授。
No one shall dictate to me.
没有人能命令我。
dictate a letter to sb.
向某人口授信稿。
Her skills were in such demand that she could dictate her own salary.
她因其技术奇货可居，故可以主宰自己的薪金待遇。
The teacher dictated a passage to the class.
老师给全班同学听写一段文章。
I will not be dictated to.
我不愿受人摆布。
He was dictating a letter to his secretary.
他在向秘书口授信稿。

vt.( to)

1. 口授,口述,使听写

Afterwards he dictated a few letters to her.

之后他对她口授了几封信。

2. 命令,规定,要求,指定 wh-

The police dictated where the large, noisy crowd should stand during the parade.

警察指定在游行时那一大堆喧闹的人群应站的位置。

vi.( to)

1. 口授,口述

2. 命令,支配

I won't have him dictating to me.

我不要他对我发号施令。

1. 命令,支配CP1

I follow the dictates of my conscience.

我按良心办事。