| 词汇 | edict |
| 释义 | edictWord family adjectiveedictalnounedictadverbedictally Law e·dict /ˈiːdɪkt/ noun [countableC] formal 1 SCLan official public order made by someone in a position of power 法令，敕令 SYN decree The emperor issued an edict forbidding anyone to leave the city. 皇帝下令禁止任何人出城。 2. TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingany order – used humorously 命令〔幽默用法〕 Examples from the Corpus edict• So the recommendations are a helpful guideline, not a biblical edict.• There, I predict that any such legislative edict would be tossed out on its ear.• Hence we see, at the end of edicts and ordinances, these words: For such is our pleasure.• Perpich learned how much state employees resented edicts sent down from the senior management.• Where it could, it expropriated resources by simple edict.• Above me, I fear the edicts of heaven. (1400-1500) Latin edictum, from the past participle of edicere “to give out an official statement” |
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