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mandate

/man-deyt/US // ˈmæn deɪt //

任务,授权,任务规定,任务授权

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n.名词 noun
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    • : a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
    • : a command from a superior court or official to a lower one: The appellate court resolved the appeal and issued a mandate to the district judge.
    • : an authoritative order or command: a royal mandate.
    • : a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony.
    • : a mandated territory or colony.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. an order issued by the pope, especially one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.
    • : Roman and Civil Law. a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.
    • : any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.
    • : Roman Law. an order or decree by the emperor, especially to governors of provinces.
v.有主动词 verb
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    man·dat·ed, man·dat·ing.

    • : to authorize or decree, as by the enactment of law: The state legislature mandated an increase in the minimum wage.
    • : to order or require; make mandatory: to mandate sweeping changes in the election process.
    • : to consign to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate.

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Examples

  • For instance, if members of Congress advocate for specific reforms like a new financial transaction tax or new mandates for regulators rather than just expressing their concerns, the issue could become more partisan.

  • Day has been advocating for a local mask mandate, as seen in other cities and counties.

  • In other posts, she mocked mask mandates to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

  • Three states — Iowa, North Dakota and Mississippi — have lifted such mandates.

  • This was most likely due to public health mandates that required a shift away from in-person care.

  • “This is a federal mandate that is causing some real problems for schools across the country,” Kline told a CBS affiliate in July.

  • Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.

  • According to Schumer, Obama and his administration had misinterpreted their 2008 electoral mandate.

  • And if the Little Sisters prevail, the entire contraception mandate falls.

  • And to other parts of the Affordable Care Act, not just the so-called “contraception mandate.”

  • My crutch emphasized this mandate, but I could not see how it was received, for every scholar's face was hidden from me by a book.

  • I suppose uncle's letter must be taken as a royal mandate, and that we must leave here at once.

  • The officers of the Lisbon troops talk loudly of his being obliged to do his duty, and obey the mandate of the Cortes.

  • Having thus issued his mandate, the groom came forth from the stable.

  • No necessity to answer him; make signs that you obey the sultan's mandate; you know how they do it.