decree

英 [dɪˈkriː]

美 [dɪˈkriː]

n.  法令; 政令; (法院的)裁定，判决
v.  裁定; 判决; 颁布

复数：decrees　过去式：decreed　过去分词：decreed　第三人称单数：decrees　现在分词：decreeing　

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牛津词典

noun

• 法令；政令
  an official order from a ruler or a government that becomes the law
  1. to issue/sign a decree
     颁布 / 签署法令
  2. a leader who rules by decree (= not in a democratic way)
     专制统治者
• （法院的）裁定，判决
  a decision that is made in court

verb

• 裁定；判决；颁布
  to decide, judge or order sth officially
  1. The government decreed a state of emergency.
     政府下令进入紧急状态。
  2. It was decreed that the following day would be a holiday.
     法令宣布第二天为休假日。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 法令;政令
  Adecreeis an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
  1. In July he issued a decree ordering all unofficial armed groups in the country to disband...
     他于 7 月份下令解散国内所有的非正式武装组织。
  2. He is prepared to use his recently-acquired powers to introduce reform by presidential decree.
     他准备行使其新近获得的权力，发布总统政令以推行改革。
• VERB 决定;规定;命令;颁布
  If someone in authoritydecreesthat something must happen, they decide or state this officially.
  1. The UN Security Council has decreed that the election must be held by May...
     联合国安理会已通过决议，规定选举必须在5月前举行。
  2. The king decreed a general amnesty.
     国王颁布了大赦令。
• N-COUNT 判决;裁决
  Adecreeis a judgment made by a law court.
  1. ...court decrees.
     法庭的裁决

英英释义

noun

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
  1. a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
  Synonym:edictfiatorderrescript

verb

• decide with authority
  1. The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
  Synonym:rule
• issue a decree
  1. The King only can decree

双语例句

• The court reversed its decree of imprisonment, and the man went free.
  法院撤消了监禁的判决，那个人自由了。
• The President has so far refused to countersign the Prime Minister's desperate decree
  总统到目前为止仍然拒绝在首相那条孤注一掷的政令上连署签字。
• The king decreed a general amnesty.
  国王颁布了大赦令。
• The court granted her a decree of divorce.
  法院判决她离婚。
• This last clause is a thinly-veiled threat to those who might choose to ignore the decree.
  这最后一项条款明显是对那些可能会无视法令之人的威慑。
• Alas for the law of prosperity and decline! although regarded as heaven's decree, is it not truly the handiwork of men?
  呜呼！盛衰之理，虽曰天命，岂非人事哉？（欧阳修《新五代史》）
• He later rescinded the decree in the face of mass protests.
  后来，他在民众抗议下撤销了该扩权令。
• This decree has long been annulled.
  这一法令早已废止。
• The case went in his favor. The 1977 amendments essentially codified this consent decree.
  1977年的修正案实质上把双方同意的判决编入了法典。
• They will go away with the position that there is a decree of life and death.
  他们将走的立场，即有一项法令，对生命和死亡。