Mandate

(noun.) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory.

(noun.) a document giving an official instruction or command.

(noun.) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves.

(verb.) assign authority to.

(verb.) make mandatory; 'the new director of the school board mandated regular tests'.

(verb.) assign under a mandate; 'mandate a colony'.

整理:苏西

• How glad they are when a mandate comes! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Those menials having obeyed the mandate, Edward Dorrit, Esquire, proceeded. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Archer understood that he ran the risk of having his mandate withdrawn, and for some obscure reason he disliked the prospect. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It will always be 'mamma' prefacing a mandate--softly spoken, though, from you, thank God! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Go out of the room; return to the nursery, was her mandate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A mandate to remain arrested me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The following is the record of the results: RESULTS OF WORKING BRIQUETTES AT THE CRANE FURNACE Quantity of Phos- ManDate Briquette Tons Silica phorus Sulphur ganese Working Per Cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

录入:温德尔