dictate

中文意思

v. 口授
The manager prefers to dictate his email responses while his secretary types them out.
經理喜歡口授電子郵件的回覆內容，再由秘書打字記錄下來。
v. 聽寫
Every Friday, the English teacher will dictate twenty new vocabulary words to the class.
每週五，英文老師都會給全班聽寫二十個新單字。
v. 命令
You cannot let your fears dictate how you live your life.
你不能讓恐懼來命令或支配你如何過日子。
n. 命令
The soldiers had no choice but to obey the dictate of their leader.
士兵們別無選擇，只能服從領導者的命令。
n. 指令
She decided to follow the dictates of her own conscience rather than crowd opinion.
她決定跟隨自己良心的指令，而不是盲從大眾的意見。