vt.[(+to)]

1. 口授，口述，使听写
   Afterwards he dictated a few letters to her.

   之后他对她口授了几封信。

2. 命令，规定，要求，指定[+wh-]
   The police dictated where the large, noisy crowd should stand during the parade.

   警察指定在游行时那一大堆喧闹的人群应站的位置。

vi.[(+to)]

1. 口授，口述
2. 命令，支配
   I won't have him dictating to me.

   我不要他对我发号施令。

n.

1. 命令，支配[C][P1]
   I follow the dictates of my conscience.

   我按良心办事。

v.

1. state or order authoritatively.
   ▸control or decisively affect; determine.
2. say or read aloud (words to be typed or written down).

n.