dictation
noun /dɪkˈteɪʃn/
/dɪkˈteɪʃn/
- [uncountable] the act of speaking or reading so that somebody can write down the words or they can be recorded
口述 - Her secretary is very good at taking dictation.
她的秘书很擅长做口授记录。 - from dictation I find it difficult to write letters from dictation.
我觉得听别人口授写信很不容易。 - at somebody's dictation I wrote some letters at his dictation.
由他口授我写了几封信。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + dictation- do
- give somebody
- take
- …
- in a/the dictation
- Her secretary is very good at taking dictation.
- [countable, uncountable] a test in which students write down what is being read to them, especially in language lessons
听写 - The teacher gave them a dictation.
老师让他们听写。 - We did a French dictation in class.
课堂上我们进行了法语听写。 - We had some very difficult words in our dictation.
听写时我们遇到了些很难的单词。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + dictation- do
- give somebody
- take
- …
- in a/the dictation
- The teacher gave them a dictation.
词源mid 17th cent. originally meaning the action of giving orders : from late Latin dictatio(n-), from the verb dictare.