| 单词 | dictation |
| 释义 | dictation (once / 3055 pages) n If your boss asks you to take dictation, then she’s going to say stuff out loud that she wants you to document in writing. When she begins dictation make sure you write down everything she says — no doodling. If you’re a famous writer you might hire someone to take dictation so you can just speak and someone will write or type what you say. Dictation can describe the process of documenting spoken words, or the written words themselves. If you see an old movie with a man in a suit telling his secretary, "take this down," he's about to give dictation. A dictation can also be a command, like your dad's dictation that you mow the lawn. WORD FAMILYdictation: dictations+/dictate: dictated, dictates, dictating, dictation, dictator/dictator: dictatorial, dictators, dictatorship/dictatorial: dictatorially/dictatorship: dictatorships USAGE EXAMPLESAfter working for a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Mr. Cosgrove came to Washington and worked as a dictation specialist for the Associated Press. Washington Post(Oct 15, 2016) One is an email containing dictation from former President Clinton to another aide to Mrs. Clinton. Washington Times(Oct 07, 2016) Yet an increasing number of voice dictation apps are making it easier than ever to communicate not with our thumbs, but with our voices. Time(Oct 03, 2016) 1n an authoritative direction or instruction to do something Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper bid, bidding, command Ten Commandments the biblical commandments of Moses countermand a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command order(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed charge, commission, directiona formal statement of a command or injunction to do something commandmentsomething that is commanded injunctiona formal command or admonition behestan authoritative command or request open sesamea magical command; used by Ali Baba marching ordersan order from a superior officer for troops to depart summonsan order to appear in person at a given place and time worda verbal command for action misdirectionan incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge speech act the use of language to perform some act 2n speech intended for reproduction in writing Hyper language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication (language) communication by word of mouth 3n matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it Hyper matter written works (especially in books or magazines) |
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