de·cree
noun/dɪˈkriː/
/dɪˈkriː/
- [countable, uncountable] an official order from a leader or a government that becomes the law
法令；政令 - to issue/sign a decree
颁布／签署法令 - a presidential/royal decree
总统/皇家法令 - a leader who rules by decree (= not in a democratic way)
专制统治者
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2- He has been governing by emergency decree under the provisions of the constitution.
他一直以来按照宪法规定凭借紧急法令施以管理。 - In an emergency decree, the government banned all rallies.
政府颁布紧急命令，禁止一切集会活动。 - The president issued a decree prohibiting trade unions.
总统颁布了禁止成立工会的命令。 - Local inspectors helped enforce presidential decrees.
当地检查员协助执行总统令。 - The general will rule by decree until a general election.
在大选之前这位将军将通过发布政令管理国家。 - The government had the power to legislate by emergency decree independently of Parliament.
政府有权不通过议会而以发布紧急命令的形式立法。 - The general ruled by decree.
将军实行专制统治。 - Thousands of demonstrators defied the decree and gathered in the square.
数千名示威者无视该法令，聚集在广场上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emergency
- divine
- papal
- …
- issue
- pass
- sign
- …
- in a/the decree
- decree on
- to issue/sign a decree
- [countable] a decision that is made in court
（法院的）裁定，判决 - a decree on property rights
关于财产权的法令
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emergency
- divine
- papal
- …
- issue
- pass
- sign
- …
- in a/the decree
- decree on
- a decree on property rights
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an order issued by an ecclesiastical council to settle a point of doctrine or discipline): from Old French decre, decret, from Latin decretum ‘something decided’, from decernere ‘decide’.