依仗权势把…强加于 enforce (sth over which one has power) on
dictate to sb
How fast do you dictate to your secretary?
你向你的秘书口述的速度有多快?
Don't go home yet,I have three letters to dictate to you.
先不要回家,我有三封信向你口述。
dictate sth to sb
He dictated a letter to his secretary.
他向秘书口授信稿。
The teacher dictated a passage to the class.
老师让全班同学听写这篇文章。
dictate to sb
That boy always tries to dictate to his friends when they play together.
那男孩和朋友一起玩耍时总想支配他们。
Don't try to dictate to children, they will obey you better if you ask them politely.
不要对孩子们发号施令,你如果礼貌地要求他们,他们会更听话的。
No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to.
没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。
He refused to be dictated to.
他不想受别人的支配。
dictate to sb/sth
The unions are hardly in a position to dictate to the Labour Party.
联盟很难达成一致来支配工党。
dictate sth to sb/sth
You should be able to dictate the terms of the agreement to the firm which you are buying.
你应该能够使你要买下的商行接受协议的条款。
dictate to sb wh-clause
The government tried to dictate to people how they should spend their money.
政府试图将消费方式强加于人民。
dictate to sb wh-to-v
No one is going to dictate to me where to live!
谁也不能命令我非住哪不可!
