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decree

noun
🔊/dɪˈkriː/
🔊/dɪˈkriː/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] an official order from a leader or a government that becomes the law法令；政令
    • to issue/sign a decree颁布／签署法令
    • a presidential/royal decree总统/皇室法令
    • a leader who rules by decree (= not in a democratic way)专制统治者
    Extra Examples
    • He has been governing by emergency decree under the provisions of the constitution.他一直以来按照宪法规定凭借紧急法令施以管理。
    • In an emergency decree, the government banned all rallies.政府颁布紧急命令，禁止一切集会活动。
    • The president issued a decree prohibiting trade unions.总统颁布了禁止成立工会的命令。
    • Local inspectors helped enforce presidential decrees.当地检查员协助执行总统令。
    • The general will rule by decree until a general election.在大选之前这位将军将通过发布政令管理国家。
    • The government had the power to legislate by emergency decree independently of Parliament.政府有权不通过议会而以发布紧急命令的形式立法。
    • The general ruled by decree.将军实行专制统治。
    • Thousands of demonstrators defied the decree and gathered in the square.成千上万的示威者违反了法令，聚集在广场上。
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • emergency
    • divine
    • papal
    • …
    verb + decree
    • issue
    • pass
    • sign
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the decree
    • decree on
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  2. [countable] a decision that is made in court（法院的）裁定，判决
    • a decree on property rights关于财产权的法令
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • emergency
    • divine
    • papal
    • …
    verb + decree
    • issue
    • pass
    • sign
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the decree
    • decree on
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an order issued by an ecclesiastical council to settle a point of doctrine or discipline): from Old French decre, decret, from Latin decretum ‘something decided’, from decernere ‘decide’.

decree

verb
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[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they decree
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he / she / it decrees
🔊/dɪˈkriːz/
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past simple decreed
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past participle decreed
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-ing form decreeing
🔊/dɪˈkriːɪŋ/
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  1. to decide, judge or order something officially裁定；判决；颁布
    • decree (something) The government decreed a state of emergency.政府下令进入紧急状态。🔊🔊
    • decree what, how, etc… We cannot decree what the committee should do.我们不能决定委员会应该做什么。🔊🔊
    • it is decreed that… It was decreed that the following day would be a holiday.法令宣布第二天为休假日。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • They had decreed where I should live and what work I should do.他们已经下令我应该住哪里以及应该做什么工作。
    • Fate had decreed that they would never meet again.命运已下令，他们再也见不到面。
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an order issued by an ecclesiastical council to settle a point of doctrine or discipline): from Old French decre, decret, from Latin decretum ‘something decided’, from decernere ‘decide’.