dictates
n.
命令，规定，要求( dictate的名词复数 );
v.
大声讲或读( dictate的第三人称单数 );
口授;
支配;
摆布;
例句:
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Tradition dictates that girls should be married off early.
传统习俗要求女孩子必须尽早结婚。
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Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation.
依照常规部长在这种情况下应该辞职.
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He always follows the dictates of common sense.
他总是按常识行事.
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Environment dictates what is 'perfect', not genetics.
来自SA
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Perhaps the form of their project dictates its content.
来自NEWYORKER
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Because the first thing that dictates the trend is interests.
来自NEWYORKER