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单词 fiat
释义
fiatfi‧at /ˈfiːæt, ˈfaɪæt/ noun [countable] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfiat
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin ‘let it be done’, from fieri ‘to become, be done’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A bell buoy tolled from across the fiat stretch of gray water beyond.
  • A fine dusting of sulfide covers the nearby fiat surfaces of sheeted lavas.
  • Lesley had issued her fiat with such confidence that she had taken his compliance for granted.
  • Non mea voluntas sed Tua fiat, he thought.
  • The infantilism and cretinism of the press, for example, can't be cured by a fiat.
  • They were worried about her being alone in the fiat and had wondered whether she was pregnant or had taken drugs.
  • This water was oily and fiat.
word sets
WORD SETS
agitprop, nounapartheid, nounclass struggle, nouncollectivism, nouncolonialist, nouncommunism, nounconsciousness raising, nounconsumerism, noundemocrat, noundemocratic, adjectivedemocratize, verbdenationalize, verbdesegregate, verbdoctrine, noundogma, noundove, noundovish, adjectivedrive, nounfiat, nounhawk, nouninternationalism, noun-ism, suffixism, nounland reform, nounMachiavellian, adjectivemanifesto, nounMarxism, nounmeritocracy, nounnihilism, nounnon-aggression, nounnon-intervention, nounnon-partisan, adjectivenon-violence, nounopen-door policy, nounpacifism, nounpacifist, nounparty line, nounpassive resistance, nounperestroika, nounpolitical action committee, nounprivate member's bill, nounprogramme, nounradical, adjectivereaction, nounreformist, adjectiverevisionism, nounsocial democracy, nounsocial engineering, nounsocialism, nounsocialist, adjectivesocialist, nounsubsidiarity, nounwomen's lib, noun
an official order given by someone in a position of authority, without considering what other people wantby fiat The matter was settled by presidential fiat.
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