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小词详解 | decree
decree 英 [dɪˈkriː] 美 [dɪˈkriː]
France’s university system, by contrast, has been run as an arm of the state since Napoleon decreed that it should be so in 1808, and it is one of Europe’s least selective systems.
相反,自拿破仑在1808年颁布法令规定法国的大学体系隶属于国家以来,法国大学一直如此运作,是欧洲最不挑剔的体系之一。
——《经济学人》Last Thursday, he was sentenced to two years in prison for violating a 1965 presidential decree against blasphemy by promoting a heretical interpretation of Islam.
上周四,他因宣扬伊斯兰异端学说,违反了1965年一个关于亵渎神明的总统令,被判入狱两年。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 正式决定、判决或命令
dictate: to tell sb what to do, especially in an annoying way prescribe: (used about a person or an organization with authority) to say what should be done or how sth should be done proclaim: to publicly and officially tell people about sth important