dictating
present participle ofdictate
| 单词 | dictating |
| 释义 | dictating present participle ofdictate dictate verb uk/dɪkˈteɪt/us/ˈdɪk.teɪt/dictateverb(GIVE ORDERS)C1[IorT] to giveorders, ortellsomeoneexactlywhat they must do, withtotalauthority: The UN will dictate thetermsoftroopwithdrawalfrom theregion. [+ question word]Hedisagreeswith thegovernmentdictatingwhatchildrenaretaughtinschools. [+ that]Therulesdictatethatonlyrunningshoesmust bewornon thetrack. [T] toinfluencesomething or make itnecessary: The party'schangeofpolicyhas been dictated byitsneed towinbackyoungervoters. [+ that]Iwantedto take ayearoff, but myfinancialsituationdictatedthatI got ajob.
Giving orders & commands
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Controlling and being in charge dictateverb(SPEAK)[IorT] tospeaksomethingaloudfor apersonormachinetorecordwhat is said, so that it can be written down: I dictated myorderover thephone. Shespentthemorningdictatingletterstohersecretary. Office practices
Phrasal verbdictate tosomeone Examplesofdictatingdictating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. And there is some evidence that the regional insurance funds created by the new law were nowdictatingpolicy to hospitals. From theCambridge English Corpus They do so by imposing rulesdictatingthe individual steps in the interaction and the information revealed by the agents during the interaction. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it is difficult to follow the logicdictatingthe ordering of the essays in the volume. From theCambridge English Corpus Each culture evolves a set of imperativesdictatingthe correct responses of its members in any given pain situation. From theCambridge English Corpus In practical terms, this would clarify the reasonsdictatingthe quest for healing and for interpretation - a quest common to many human lives. From theCambridge English Corpus Here we investigate the role of histone acetylation, already shown to play an important role indictatingboth local and widespread chromatin configuration. From theCambridge English Corpus Clearly, the invertebrate and fish fauna that in turn reflect habitat characteristics are important factors indictatingthe local composition of the parasite fauna. From theCambridge English Corpus Afterdictatingthe last word of the first sheet, the response sheets were collected, so that comparison of the two items was impossible. From theCambridge English Corpus This book has been written as a response to that development, and is meant to serve as a textbook, though without rigidlydictatingcourse content. From theCambridge English Corpus This is not just a simple case of material interestsdictatingpolitical behavior, however. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead of functiondictatingthe evolution of structure, additional structure preceded enhanced function in hominid brains. From theCambridge English Corpus This parameter pins down the timescale of the process and hence can be interpreted asdictatingthe sampling frequency of our observations. From theCambridge English Corpus It is hard to see them as e controlling such processes, however, far lessdictatingtheir terms. From theCambridge English Corpus The nature of working memory is a complex issue,dictatingcaution in discussions of 'decline' in working memory capacity. From theCambridge English Corpus I am in no waydictatingto others. 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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