edict
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++e·dict /ˈiːdɪkt/ noun [countable] 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〕
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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.Origin edict (1400-1500) Latin edictum, from the past participle of edicere “to give out an official statement”e·dict nounChineseSyllable
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edict
e‧dict /ˈiːdɪkt/
noun [countable] formal
SYN decree:
The emperor issued an edict forbidding anyone to leave the city.
2. any order – used humorously
e‧dict /ˈiːdɪkt/
noun [countable] formal Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: edictum, from the past participle of edicere 'to give out an official statement'
1. an official public order made by someone in a position of power Language: Latin
Origin: edictum, from the past participle of edicere 'to give out an official statement'
SYN decree:
2. any order – used humorously