dictated

例句:

• Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
  比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
  来自柯林斯例句
• Prudence should have dictated a quiet and withdrawn residence.
  来自R. Travers
• He'll be his own man and won't be dictated to.
  他要自己做决定，不会被他人左右。
  
• The film's budget dictated a tough schedule.
  影片的预算决定了拍摄进度会很紧张。
  
• He has dictated that country into ruins since independence.
  来自BBC
• It's still a party dictated by age and experience.
  来自WSJ