mandate
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˈmæn.deɪt/us/ˈmæn.deɪt/mandatenoun[C usually singular](AUTHORITY)
theauthoritygiven to anelectedgroupofpeople, such as agovernment, toperformanactionorgovernacountry:
授权;委任At theforthcomingelections, thegovernmentwill beseekingafreshmandatefromthepeople.在即将到来的选举中,政府将向人民寻求新的支持。
[+ to infinitive]Thepresidentsecuredthe Congressional mandatetogo towarby threevotes.总统以3票的优势获得了国会对开战的授权。
Elections
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- primary
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- votesomethingthrough
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
mandatenoun[C usually singular](AREA NAME)
politicsspecialized
thenameof anareaoflandthat has been given to acountryby the UN,followingor aspartof apeaceagreement
(联合国授权某国管理的)托管地Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colonize
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- imperialist
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- the Raj
mandate
verb[T]
uk/ˈmæn.deɪt/us/ˈmæn.deɪt/mandateverb[T](GIVE PERMISSION)
to giveofficialpermissionfor something tohappen:
正式批准,授权进行The UNrushto mandatewartotallyruledout anyalternatives.联合国匆匆授权开战,完全排除了其他选择。
Allowing and permitting
- admission
- admit ofsomething
- allow ofsomething
- allowable
- approval
- authorization
- authorize
- clearance
- entrance
- given the chance/choiceidiom
- green-light
- hall pass
- imprimatur
- left
- liberty
- relicense
- relicensure
- say-so
- security clearance
- seeyourway (clear) todoing somethingidiom
mandateverb[T](ORDER)
mainlyUS
toordersomeone to do something:
命令;要求[+ to infinitive]Ourdelegateshave been mandatedtovoteagainst theproposalat theconference.我们的代表受命在会议上对提议投反对票。
Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- boss
- bossily
- bossiness
- bossyboots
- call forsomeone
- decree
- defy
- demand
- dictate
- expect
- harry
- importunate
- lay down the lawidiom
- officious
- ordain
- prescribe
- shovesomeonearound
- stick
- stick out forsomething