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单词 decree
释义
decree
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/dɪˈkriː/us
/dɪˈkriː/
anofficialstatementthat something musthappen:
法令，政令；命令
The decreestoppedshortof afulldeclarationofindependence.这项法令差一点就宣布完全独立了。
More than 200peoplewerefreedbymilitarydecree.军方下令释放了200多人。
Synonyms
edictformal
fiatformal
order
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Rules & laws
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  • binding
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  • leash law
  • non-binding
  • non-competition
  • non-regulation
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  • regulation
  • retroactive
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decree
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈkriː/us
/dɪˈkriː/
toofficiallydecideororderthat something musthappen:
颁布法令，下达政令；发出命令
They decreed an end todiscriminationongroundsofage.他们下令不准再有年龄歧视。
[+ that]After theearthquake, thegovernmentdecreedthatall newbuildingsmust bebuiltaccordingto the newstandards.地震之后，政府下达政令，要求所有新建楼房必须按照新的标准施工。
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Giving orders & commands
  • all-points bulletin
  • boss
  • bossily
  • bossiness
  • bossyboots
  • call forsomeone
  • defy
  • demand
  • dictate
  • expect
  • harry
  • importunate
  • lay down the lawidiom
  • mandate
  • officious
  • ordain
  • prescribe
  • shovesomeonearound
  • stick
  • stick out forsomething
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(Definition ofdecreefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

decree| American Dictionary

decree
noun[C]
us
/dɪˈkri/
anorderorstatementof anofficialdecision:
Herefusedtocarryout the board’s decree.

decree

verb[T]us
/dɪˈkri/
[+ that clause]TheOlympiccharterdecrees that theGamesbeopenedby aheadofstate.
(Definition ofdecreefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

decree| Business English

decree
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈkriː/us
LAW
ajudgmentthat is made in acourtoflaw:
InDecemberacourtdecreeendedthestrike.
anofficialstatementthat something musthappen, made by aleader,government, etc.:
TheDutchgovernmentissueda decreelayingdownstrictruleson theageofvealcalvesand how they should behoused.
rule/legislateby decree

See also

consent decree
decree
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈkriː/us
LAW
to make ajudgmentin acourtoflaw:
The U.S.SupremeCourtrulingdecreed thatapparelmanufacturers- not theretailersthemselves - couldcontroltheminimumsalepriceofproducts.
toofficiallystatethat something willhappen:
Severalcountrieshaveluredback untaxedassetsheldabroadby decreeing anamnestyfortaxevasion.
(Definition ofdecreefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdecree

decree
The repeated resort to the so-called decrees of ' urgency and need ' represent a clear invasion of legislative prerogatives by the executive.
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Both decrees were originally designed as stop gap measures pending constitutional amendments and secondary legislation to regulate the various services.
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A series of decrees and circulars passed in the colony in 1901 outlined the proper methods to prepare rubber for circulation and sale.
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The influence and status of regulatory decrees depended upon managed publicity.
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Guilds and parishes also valued selective publicity, reciting decrees or drawing on the expertise of parishioners and workmen.
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Attention is drawn to the need to distinguish between the monetary policy and their financial policy in the anti-shroffing decrees issued by the authorities.
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The king decrees that the father be freed from prison if and only if she returns to court both naked and not naked.
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Such decrees may be developed at the federal and/or sub-federal level.
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In his first five months in office, he issued more emergency decrees (thirty) than had all previous presidents combined.
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After this loss of honour (for such was the decree's real significance), conservative nobles retreated into passivity or departed altogether.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A state of siege was decreed in the states controlled by rebels, rapidly extended to the entire country.
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Individual convictions, no matter how per vasively they may be harbored, are not the products of formal enactments or authoritative decrees.
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The king could return decrees to the council, with further steps kept ambiguous.
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They stressed the role of the social-milieu and human-will view that entered the 1882 law decreeing the instruction of morale laque in primary schools.
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The provincial government decreed that the city would be provided with the very latest innovations of art and science.
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Collocationswithdecree

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divorce decree
It would be irrational to suppose that a support obligation would become dischargeable just because it had not been expressly foreseen in a separation agreement ordivorcedecree.
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executive decree
Due to the lack of congressional support, many of the laws were passed byexecutivedecree.
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government decree
Agovernmentdecreereinstated industrial promotion tax subsidies to companies that had received them before 1989, and refunded the taxes they had paid since 1993.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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