mandate 的 2 个定义
- 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.
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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.
mandate 近义词
authority, order
更多mandate例句
- 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.