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1、dictate是動詞、名詞,表示命令、指示的意思。
Rules dictate that we can't do it.(規則規定我們不能這樣做。)
The soldiers obeyed the dictates of their superiors without doubt.(士兵們毫無疑問地服從了上級的命令。)
2、dictionary是名詞,字典、詞典的意思。
Each of us has an English-Chinese dictionary.(我們每個人都有一本英漢字典。)
3、diction是名詞,“用語、發聲、發音”的意思。
The moderator's diction should be clear.(主持人的吐字要清晰。)