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dictation

/dɪkˈteɪʃən/

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noun

听写

Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words

Examples :

"Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute."

自从我学会了速记，我就能以每分钟八十个字的速度听写记录了。

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noun

听写

An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down

Examples :

"1908: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables - We had reading and geography and Canadian history and dictation today."

1908年：露西·莫德·蒙哥马利，《绿山墙的安妮》——今天我们上了阅读、地理、加拿大历史，还有听写课。

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noun

命令，指示.

The act of ordering or commanding

Examples :

"1852: Lysander Spooner, An Essay on the Trial by Jury - ...jurors in England have formerly understood it to be their right and duty to judge only according to their consciences, and not to submit to any dictation from the court, either as to law or fact."

1852年：莱桑德·斯波纳，《论陪审团审判》——……英国的陪审员以前一直认为，仅凭良心判断是他们的权利和义务，而不应屈服于法庭的任何命令或指示，无论是在法律还是事实上。

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noun

命令，发号施令

Orders given in an overbearing manner

Examples :

"His habit, even with friends, was that of dictation."

他即使和朋友相处，也总是摆出一副发号施令的样子。

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