decree

noun

/dɪˈkriː/

[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/皇家法令
- a leader who rules by decree (= not in a democratic way)专制统治者
- 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.成千上万的示威者无视法令，聚集在广场上。
Topics Law and justicec2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- emergency
- divine
- papal
- …
verb + decree
- issue
- pass
- sign
- …
preposition
- in a/the decree
- decree on
[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
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- emergency
- divine
- papal
- …
verb + decree
- issue
- pass
- sign
- …
preposition
- in a/the decree
- decree on

词源Middle 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

/dɪˈkriː/

[transitive, intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they decree	/dɪˈkriː/ /dɪˈkriː/
he / she / it decrees	/dɪˈkriːz/ /dɪˈkriːz/
past simple decreed	/dɪˈkriːd/ /dɪˈkriːd/
past participle decreed	/dɪˈkriːd/ /dɪˈkriːd/
-ing form decreeing	/dɪˈkriːɪŋ/ /dɪˈkriːɪŋ/

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。
- They had decreed where I should live and what work I should do.他们已经决定了我应该住在哪里，做什么工作。
- Fate had decreed that they would never meet again.命运注定他们再也不会见面了。
词源Middle 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’.