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mandamus

/mænˈdeɪməs/

Meanings
noun

强制令，履行责任令。

A common law prerogative writ that compels a court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.

Examples :

"Because the city clerk refused to issue the building permit despite all requirements being met, the builder sought a mandamus from the court to compel the clerk to do his mandatory duty. "
由于市书记员在所有要求都已满足的情况下仍然拒绝颁发建筑许可证，建筑商向法院申请了一份强制令 (qiángzhìlìng)，以迫使书记员履行其必须履行的职责。
government law politics right state

Related Words

Illustration repeated

repeated verb

/ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/

重复, 反复.

"The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result."

为了确认结果，科学家们又重复做了一遍这个实验。

Illustration requirements

requirements noun

/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənts/

要求， 必要条件。

"There was a requirement of the government on citizens for paying taxes."

政府对公民有依法纳税的要求。

Illustration building

building noun

/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/

建造，建设。

"The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks."

这座桥的建造工程将在几周内完工。

Illustration requests

requests noun

/rɪˈkwɛsts/ /rɪˈkwɛs/

要求，请求。

"With possessive: "My son's requests at the toy store are often ignored." Without possessive: "The librarian politely declined all requests on her for help with the computer because she was busy." "

With possessive: 我儿子在玩具店提出的要求经常被忽视。 (Wǒ érzi zài wánjù diàn tíchū de yāoqiú jīngcháng bèi hūshì.) Without possessive: 因为太忙了，图书管理员礼貌地拒绝了所有请求她帮忙使用电脑的请求。(Yīnwèi tài máng le, túshū guǎnlǐyuán lǐmào de jùjué le suǒyǒu qǐngqiú tā bāngmáng shǐyòng diànnǎo de qǐngqiú.)

Illustration mandatory

mandatory noun

/ˈmæn.də.t(ə)ɹi/ /ˈmæn.dəˌtɔ.ɹi/

强制线，指定线。

"The mandatory for the game requires the players to keep the disc above the painted line. "

比赛的强制线要求选手们让飞盘保持在所画线的上方。

Illustration government

government noun

/ˈɡʌvə(n)mənt/ /ˈɡʌvɚ(n)mənt/

政府，政权

"The government decided to raise taxes to fund new schools. "

政府决定提高税收，用以资助新建学校。

Illustration prerogative

prerogative noun

/pɹɪˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/ /pəˈɹɑ.ɡə.tɪv/

特权， 专属权利。

"As the company's founder, choosing the next CEO was his prerogative. "

作为公司的创始人，选择下一任首席执行官是他的特权。

Illustration correctly

correctly adverb

/kəˈɹɛktli/

正确地，没错，对。

"The student answered the math problem correctly. "

那个学生正确地解答了那道数学题。

Illustration ministerial

ministerial noun

/ˌmɪn.əˈstiɹ.i.əl/

世臣，家臣。

"The ministerial cultivated the family's land, bound to the estate by tradition. "

这些世臣按照传统耕种着家族的土地，世代依附于庄园。

Illustration principal

principal noun

/ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ /ˈpɹɪnsəp̬əl/

本金， 资金。

"A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest."

你每月还房贷的一部分用来减少本金，剩下的部分用来支付利息。

Illustration district

district noun

/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/

地区，区域

"the Soho district of London"

伦敦的苏豪区

Illustration transcript

transcript noun

/ˈtɹænskɹɪpt/ /ˈtɹanskɹɪpt/

成绩单，副本，抄本。

"The student needed a transcript of her high school grades to apply to college. "

这位学生需要一份高中的成绩单，才能申请大学。(Zhè wèi xuésheng xūyào yī fèn gāozhōng de chéngjìdān, cái néng shēnqǐng dàxué.)