单词 | diktat |
释义 | diktat From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdiktatdik‧tat /dɪkˈtæt/ noun [countable, uncountable]TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingan order that is forced on people by a ruler or government government by diktatExamples from the Corpusdiktat• They are a diktat, apparently government-backed.• The Government govern not by consent or even by diktat but by spite - spite against the mining communities.• Dialogue and accord have been translated into government by diktat.• The will to enforce its diktat is present.• How can that be so when today's diktat is a contemptuous dismissal of the community's united protest?Origin diktat (1900-2000) German Latin dictatus, past participle of dictare; → DICTATE1 |
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