基本释义
n. 授权；命令，指令；委托管理；受命进行的工作
vt. 授权；托管
星级词汇
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助记提示
1. command => mandate.
2. command => mand-.
3. 男生和你约会，道明寺和杉菜约会就是命令(流星花园里面的男女主角).
4. have a date with sb.(比较暧昧的)约会.
5. man + date: 大男子主义的强势男生要约会时，喜欢用命令的口气跟女生约会。
英文词源
mandate 授权，命令
来自拉丁语mandatum,命令，委托，交付，来自manus,手，词源同manual, -dat,给予，词源同data,date.即交付给某人，引申词义授权，命令等。
深度学习
mandate (MAN date) This noun means “an authoritative command” or “order.” It can also be used as a verb. The adjective form is “mandatory,” and it means “obligatory.”
- The state’s new legislation mandated that marijuana could not be used, even for medicinal purposes.
- “Attendance is mandatory at the graduation rehearsal,” the principal announced to the senior class. “Anyone who does not show for rehearsal will not be allowed to attend the senior dinner in the dining hall this evening.”
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
机器翻译，仅供参考
命令（MAN-date）这个名词的意思是“权威的命令”或“命令”。它也可以用作动词。形容词的形式是“强制性的”，意思是“强制性”
- 该州的新立法规定大麻不能被使用，即使是用于医疗目的
- “毕业彩排必须出席，”校长向高年级学生宣布。“任何不参加排练的人都不允许参加今晚在餐厅举行的高级晚宴。”
