dictation

CET-4 高中 FREQ #24994

n. 听写, 口述, 命令

发音

US /dɪkˈteɪʃən/
其它

词形变化

dictations 复数 dictations

教材释义与例句

名词

听写；口述；命令

when you say words for someone to write down

There were no secretaries available to take dictation (= write down what someone is saying ) .

身边没有秘书记录口授内容。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    听写

    可数 不可数

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

  2. 2.

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

    听写

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The act of ordering or commanding.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Orders given in an overbearing manner.

    不可数 可数

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

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

command bid bidding

上位词 4

matter language speech speech act

下位词 9

order charge direction commission injunction commandment behest countermand open sesame

相关短语

dictation machine 口述录音机 dictation machines running dictation shouting dictation

词源

From Late Latin dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. By surface analysis, dictate + -ion.

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