decreed
past simple and past participle ofdecree
| 单词 | decreed |
| 释义 | decreed past simple and past participle ofdecree decree verb[T] uk/dɪˈkriː/us/dɪˈkriː/toofficiallydecideororderthat something musthappen: They decreed an end todiscriminationongroundsofage. [+ that]After theearthquake, thegovernmentdecreedthatall newbuildingsmust bebuiltaccordingto the newstandards. Giving orders & commands
Examplesofdecreeddecreed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This suggests that it is more appropriate to raise thedecreedminimum sum for the female elderly by about $6,000 more. From theCambridge English Corpus It encourages people to submit to what isdecreed, to comply. From theCambridge English Corpus In provisionary transitions, the electoral law in question is the onedecreedby the provisional government. From theCambridge English Corpus First it reduces divine knowledge of physically necessitated events to knowledge of divinelydecreedevents. From theCambridge English Corpus The strength of metropolitan modernitydecreedthat the modern building may be planned and built. From theCambridge English Corpus A state of siege wasdecreedin the states controlled by rebels, rapidly extended to the entire country. From theCambridge English Corpus The provincial governmentdecreedthat the city would be provided with the very latest innovations of art and science. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, hedecreed, by means of explicit assumption, that everyone would live on dividend income, thus maximizing the possibility of spatial mobility. From theCambridge English Corpus Itdecreedthat families who did not construct water closets in their newly built huts would not receive a permit to move into their homes. From theCambridge English Corpus Beyond this royal privilege the rabbisdecreedthat relations even with one's bride are forbidden until the marriage benedictions have been pronounced. From theCambridge English Corpus The issue is whether thedecreedminimum sum would be adequate to finance retirement consumption. From theCambridge English Corpus He certainly submitted to thedecreedpunishment quietly, but he also defied them. From theCambridge English Corpus I abolished all such practices anddecreedthat ceremonies should in future be held modestly and inostentatiously. From theCambridge English Corpus He ordered an examination of the situation, anddecreedthat pensions were to be reduced if they were excessive. From theCambridge English Corpus Their official status wasdecreedin 1961 and has thus far been observed scrupulously. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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