单词 | diktat |
释义 | diktatn. 1. A severe settlement or decision, esp. one imposed by a victorious nation upon a defeated nation.Originally spec. with reference to the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. ΚΠ 1922 Crown Prince Wilhelm Memoirs iii. 90 In the June days just gone by, came the news that the Versailles ‘Diktat’ had been signed. 1931 Internat. Affairs 10 207 The Treaty of Versailles could not be regarded as anything but a ‘Diktat’ put on Germany by force. 1937 G. Dennis Coronation Comm. 135 The redoubtable Llewelyn ap Griffith swore fealty at Rhuddlan and by the Diktat of Aberconway was reduced to the rank of a petty chieftain. 1940 Time 1 Jan. 47/1 If a Final Treaty is negotiated between victor and vanquished..at least a year after the Preliminary Treaty, or Diktat, is imposed. 1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Oct. 36 In 1937, Masaryk died; the Munich diktat was issued the following year. 2. A decree, ruling, or directive; a categorical assertion or prescription. Cf. dictate n. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance setnessc950 sandc1000 edict1297 statutec1300 proclamationa1325 justifyinga1382 rescritec1384 decree?a1400 thewsc1400 justification?a1475 ordinationc1499 dictamena1513 golden bull1537 dictate1604 process1604 dictament1615 dictation1651 fiata1750 diktat1941 1941 Mind 50 290 He decreed that sense-data are not to have unnoticed characteristics... This Diktat of his would seem to imply that sense-data can have determinable shapes without having determinate ones. 1968 C. James Young Lives at Stake iv. 89 One can have priorities about what one suggests as content of school curricula, but essentialist fiats or unilateral diktats for the curriculum can no longer be issued. 1979 Sunday Tel. 11 Mar. (Mag.) 16/1 The jeunesse dorée and the Bright Young Things..may have enjoyed flouting the dictats handed down to them by dowagers. 2000 U.S. News & World Rep. 22 May 54/2 Even the color of the walls in chip plants around the world is specified by company diktat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1922 |
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