vt.[(+to)]

1. 口授，口述，使聽寫
   Afterwards he dictated a few letters to her.

   之後他對她口授了幾封信。

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

   警察指定在遊行時那一大堆喧鬧的人群應站的位置。

vi.[(+to)]

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

   我不要他對我發號施令。

n.

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

   我按良心辦事。

v.

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

n.