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    diktat

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dik·tat /dɪkˈtæt/ noun [countable, uncountable]  TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingan order that is forced on people by a ruler or government 〔统治者或政府强加在人民身上的〕强制命令，勒令 government by diktat 专制统治
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    diktat• 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?• Lithuania refused to give in to the diktat from Moscow.    Origin diktat (1900-2000) German Latin dictatus, past participle of dictare; → DICTATE1
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    diktat
    dik‧tat /dɪkˈtæt/ noun [uncountable and countable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Language: German
     Origin: Latin dictatus, past participle of dictare; ⇨ dictate1
    an order that is forced on people by a ruler or government:
        government by diktat


    dik·tatBrE /ˈdɪktæt/ 🔊NAmE /dɪkˈtæt/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (disapproving) an order given by a government, for example, that people must obey 强制执行的命令；勒令◆an EU diktat from Brussels来自布鲁塞尔欧盟总部的命令◆government by diktat用专制手段统治