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mandated

/man-deyt/US // ˈmæn deɪt //

规定的,授权的,授权,规定

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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

  • The governors of Iowa and North Dakota recently announced mandates that require people to wear masks in public.

  • Numerous studies have found that masks, and perhaps even the mandates, reduce the risk of transmission.

  • Michigan, which also has NFL and major college football teams within its borders, has a similar mask mandate for athletic teams.

  • Marissa Mayer is back, a governor flips on a mask mandate, and a female CEO puts up a Fortune 500 first.

  • Some governors are issuing stay-at-home orders and mask mandates, and Americans are being urged by health experts to stay home for Thanksgiving and not hold traditionally large gatherings.

  • Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.

  • He says the majority of his clients are court-mandated to attend his 26-week group sessions.

  • Under Mississippi law, if no candidate receives 50 percent, a runoff is mandated, held three weeks later.

  • The minimum duration of the voice recordings made in the cockpit should leap from the two hours now mandated to 20 hours.

  • Then money for the DOD program was sidelined by the sequestration budget cuts mandated by Congress, Retsky was told.

  • Cooperation by officials of other counties was mandated to deal with fugitives from its justice.

  • As the membership of the League is increased, this will practically ensure the "open door" to all nations in the mandated areas.

  • The latter option is particularly unpalatable given the significant increase in the tax rate already mandated in law.

  • A good minister, known to a near relative of mine, always thus "mandated" his sermon, and punctually delivered it word for word.

  • Social distinctions by attire were mandated by statute of 1363.