mandate

英 [ˈmændeɪt]

美 [ˈmændeɪt]

n.  (政府或组织等经选举而获得的)授权; (政府的)任期; 委托书; 授权令
v.  强制执行; 委托办理; 授权

复数：mandates　过去分词：mandated　现在分词：mandating　过去式：mandated　第三人称单数：mandates　

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BNC.7252 / COCA.3724

牛津词典

noun

• （政府或组织等经选举而获得的）授权
  the authority to do sth, given to a government or other organization by the people who vote for it in an election
  1. The election victory gave the party a clear mandate to continue its programme of reform.
     选举获胜使得这个政党拥有了明确的继续推行改革的权力。
  2. a mandate for an end to the civil war
     停止内战的权力
• （政府的）任期
  the period of time for which a government is given power
  1. The presidential mandate is limited to two terms of four years each.
     总统的任期不得超过两届，每届四年。
• 委托书；授权令
  an official order given to sb to perform a particular task
  1. The bank had no mandate to honour the cheque.
     银行没有得到指令来承兑这张支票。
• （尤指旧时授予某国对别国或地区的）委任统治权
  the power given to a country to govern another country or region, especially in the past

verb

• 强制执行；委托办理
  to order sb to behave, do sth or vote in a particular way
  1. The law mandates that imported goods be identified as such.
     法律规定进口货物必须如实标明。
• 授权
  to give sb, especially a government or a committee, the authority to do sth
  1. The assembly was mandated to draft a constitution.
     大会被授权起草一份章程。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (政府或经选举组建的机构的)授权，委托
  If a government or other elected body has amandateto carry out a particular policy or task, they have the authority to carry it out as a result of winning an election or vote.
  1. The President and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform...
     总统及其支持者几乎肯定地认为这次投票是对继续进行经济改革的授权。
  2. The union already has a mandate from its conference to ballot for a strike .
     工会已经得到大会的授权为罢工进行投票。
• N-COUNT 授权;委托;委任
  If someone is given amandateto carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it.
  1. How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?...
     独立检察官受命调查这件事还要多长时间？
  2. A mandate from the UN would be needed before any plans could be implemented.
     执行任何计划都需要联合国的授权。
• N-COUNT 任期；在任期；统治期
  You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country's leader or government remains in office as theirmandate.
  1. ...his intention to leave politics once his mandate ends.
     他关于任期一满就离开政界的打算。
• VERB 授权;委任
  When someoneis mandated tocarry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it.
  1. He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire...
     他受西非经济共同体的委托介入并执行停火协定。
  2. The elections are mandated by a peace accord signed by the government last May.
     选举是在去年5月政府签署的和平协议的授权下进行的。
• VERB 批准;颁布;强制执行
  Tomandatesomething means to make it mandatory.
  1. The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%...
     倡议将强制规定把二氧化碳排放量降低40%。
  2. Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French schools.
     魁北克省颁布法令，强制所有移民将子女送进法语学校就读。
  3. ...constitutionally mandated civil rights.
     宪法规定的公民权

英英释义

noun

• the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
• a document giving an official instruction or command
  Synonym:authorizationauthorisation
• a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
  Synonym:mandatory

verb

• assign authority to
• make mandatory
  1. the new director of the school board mandated regular tests
• assign under a mandate
  1. mandate a colony

双语例句

• Have you heard about this latest mandate from homeland security?
  你听说过来自国土安全局的最新命令吗？
• Long has there been no doubt of Heaven's mandate.
  天命不慆久矣。
• They provide a mandate to act independently even courageously when seeking and pursuing truth.
  它们要求新闻工作者在寻找和追求真理的过程中，独立地甚至勇敢地行事。
• It's the doctor's mandate.
  这是医师的命令[是医师交待的]。
• A mandate from the UN would be needed before any plans could be implemented.
  执行任何计划都需要联合国的授权。
• It was moral integrity and benevolent leadership that determined the holder of the Mandate of Heaven.
  这是道义上的完整性和仁慈的领导，坚定的持有人的天命。
• You have trusted me with your mandate, and I will never, never let you down.
  你可以付出你对我的信任，并且我将决不、决不让你失望。
• Its dual mandate, to ensure full employment and combat inflation, pointed it in different directions.
  确保充分就业和对抗通胀的双重使命，将美联储引向了不同的方向。
• The union already has a mandate from its conference to ballot for a strike.
  工会已经得到大会的授权为罢工进行投票。
• We are negotiating within the mandate that heads of state and government have given us.
  我们在国家和政府首脑赋予我们的权限内展开谈判。