dictate

常见例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• The teacher was dictating.
  老师在进行听写。
• He cannot write but he can dictate.
  他不会写,但可以口述。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• She dictated the matter.
  她口述了这件事。
• It took him a long time to dictate this letter.
  口述这封信花了他很长时间。
• Businessmen often dictate their letters.
  商人常口授信稿令人笔录。
• The victorious nation dictated the conditions of peace.
  战胜国提出了和平条件。
• We're now in a position to dictate our own demands.
  现在,我们有资格提出我们的要求。

S+～+wh-clause

• They dictated how everything should be done.
  他们专横地规定各种事物应如何处理。

用作名词 (n.)

• He always follows the dictates of common sense.
  他总是按常识行事。
• He seldom yielded to the dictates of the heart.
  他难得按心愿办事。
• She always obeys the dictates of fashion.
  她总是按流行式样更换服饰。

更多例句

• 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。
• No one is going to dictate to me where to live!
  谁也不能命令我非住哪儿不可!
• How fast do you dictate to your secretary?
  你向你的秘书口述的速度有多快?
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• How fast do you dictate to your secretary?
  你向你的秘书口述的速度有多快?
• The government tried to dictate to people how they should spend their money.
  政府试图将消费方式强加于人民.
• It took him a long time to dictate this letter.
  口述这封信花了他很长时间.
• We're now in a position to dictate our own demands.
  现在,我们有资格提出我们的要求.
• Don't try to dictate to children; they will obey you better if you ask them politely.
  不要对孩子们发号施令,你如果礼貌地要求他们, 他们会更听话的.
• You should be able to dictate the terms of the agreement to the firm which you are buying.
  你应该使你要买下的公司接受协议的条款.
• He cannot write but he can dictate.
  他不会写,但可以口述.
• The unions are hardly in a position to dictate to the Labour Party.
  联盟很难达成一致来支配工党.
• No one is going to dictate to me where to live!
  谁也不能命令我非住哪儿不可!
• What right have you to dictate to others?
  你有什么资格向别人发号施令?
• He can't write but he can dictate.
  他不会写但会说.
• It took him an hour to dictate this letter.
  他花了一个钟头口述这封信.
• A playmaker is someone who generally looks to receive the ball and dictate play.
  干巴巴地翻译过来就是——组织核心通常期望接到球并指挥比赛.
• Occasionally, weight and volume on heavy or bulky items may dictate a higher combined shipping cost.
  偶尔, 重量和体积重型或大件物品可能要求更高的综合运输成本.
• I'd like to dictate a letter.
  我要口述一封信.
• We can't dictate to them how they should spend their money.
  我们不能号令他们该如何花费他们的钱.
• Words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions.
  言辞能帮助演说者左右他的听众,强行代表他们的决策.
• Good manners also dictate that you handle your mail promptly and courteously.
  得体的行为举止也体现在你能及时有礼貌地处理信件.
• The reporter asked the guest to dictate her comments over a microphone.
  记者请客人用麦克风发表评论.
• We are now in a position to dictate our own demands to our employers.
  我现在可以让资方满足我们的要求.
• A leader should not dictate to his followers.
  领导者并不是向部下下达命令便了事的.
• The amount of money available will dictate the type of computer we buy.
  我们有多少钱就限定我们买哪一种型号的电脑.
• The dictates of reason was to be the guiding law.
  理性要成为指导原则.
• These two parallel governmental systems often have overlapping responsibilities as dictated by the U.S. Constitution.
  这两个平行的政府系统以美国宪法为指导原则时时常有重叠的职责.
• 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。
• How fast do you dictate to your secretary?
  你向你的秘书口述的速度有多快?
• He dictated a letter to his secretary.
  他向秘书口述一封信.
• It took him a long time to dictate this letter.
  口述这封信花了他很长时间.
• He cannot write but he can dictate.
  他不会写,但可以口述.
• 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.
• Tudsbury rushed to the Raffles and dictated this hot story to Pamela.
  塔茨伯利冲到拉福尔旅馆,对帕米拉口述了这个最新消息.
• It took him an hour to dictate this letter.
  他花了一个钟头口述这封信.
• He dictated a report to his secretary.
  他向他的秘书口述了报告的内容.
• I'd like to dictate a letter.
  我要口述一封信.
• Can you use a dictating machine?
  你会用口述记录机 吗 ?
• He dictated too fast for the secretary to type.
  他口述速度太快,以致秘书打字跟不上.
• Write while I dictate.
  当我口述时请你记下.
• The clumsy arrangement was dictated by necessity but made any attempt to change it.
  双方必须以笨拙的口述来安排工作,但却没人试图去改变.
• He dictated his final message and asked Below to deliver it to Keitel.
  他口述了最后一封信,命令贝罗带给凯特尔.
• He did dictate to me the inscript _ ion to go with his ashes, but that is all.
  他把伴随骨灰的碑铭口述给我, 只是那样而已.
• But then he ceased to dictate and gave her a strange look.
  但后来他停止了口述,用一种怪异的眼光看着她.
• I will dictate some letters to you this morning.
  今天上午我要口述几封信.
• Would you like to dictate the letter to me?
  你想口述这封信?
• When Marco Polo returned to Italy, he dictated his story to a writer.
  马可·波罗束装回到意大利之后, 他便向一位作家口述他所经历的事.
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