Brian can’t seem to get angry does not mean Brian is incapable of appearing to get angry,as its syntax would seem to dictate

Brian can’t seem to get angry并不表示如其句法所显示的布赖恩不能够显出生气的样子

And it will dictate people how their creations are used.

并引导人们如何使用他们的作品。

You can’t dictate to people how they should live.

不能强行规定人们应该怎样生活.

Roosevelt by the end of May was privately boasting that he had prevented his own renomination and could dictate the naming of Taft

但在5月底，罗斯福私下夸耀他已经阻止对他的重新提名，并能控制大会提名塔夫脱。

Write while I dictate .

当我口述时请你记下。

When an agency selects a regulatory approach whose basis appears inconsistent with a panel’s advice, it should explain the legal, social, and other reasons that dictate or justify that choice.

而且“当行政机构选择的规制进路基础看上去同专家组建议不一致时，它应当解释其法律的、社会的和其他理由，以说明该选择的正当性。”

the dictate s of common sense

根据常识的判断：

To decree,dictate ,or order.

规定;命令或下令

Accounting rules dictate that we take into income only the dividends these companies pay us-which are little more than nominal-rather than our share of their earnings, which in 1987 amounted to well over $100 million.

会计原则规定我们必须在这些公司分配股利的时候才能认列利益，这通常要比公司实际所赚的数字要少的多，以这三家公司合计，1987年可以分配到的盈余数字高达一亿美元

Assuming that both goods are competitively supplied, the relative costs of each good will dictate relative prices

假设这两种商品是在有竞争的情况下供给的，那么，每种商品的相对成本就能确定其相对价格。

The teacher dictate d to a class.

教师叫一班学生听写.

The teacher dictate d a passage to the class.

教师使全班听写一段文章.

Her skill is in such demand that she can dictate her own salary

她因其技术奇货可居，故可以主宰自己的薪金待遇。

Although advertising and other promotional efforts by manufacturers and retailers help to generate sales, they do not dictate what styles will be accepted by consumers.

尽管服装生产厂家与销售商通过广告和促销活动对销售有所帮助,但他们不能硬行规定消费者必须接受某些服装式样。

No one shall dictate to me.=I won’t be dictated to.

没有人可以指挥我;我不受人指挥。

No one shall dictate to me.

没有人能命令我

by fate ordained.See Synonyms at dictate

命里注定参见

That boy always tries to dictate to his friends when they play together

那个男孩在与朋友玩时总想对别人发号施令。

That man can’t dictate to me; he’s not my superior.

那个人不能指挥我，他不是我的上级。

You dictate and I’ll take notes.

你说我记。

The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.

强制使用或威胁使用强制力量来阻拦、限制或命令他人的行动或思想

impose a peace settlement.See Synonyms at dictate

强制推行和平解决参见

Tending to dictate ;domineering.

倾向于下命令的;盛气凌人的

interestingly, when it comes to business organisations, we tend to forget about these relationships. We often let the structure dictate the strategy regardless of the changes in the business environment

然而在商业机构里，这样的关系往往被遗忘，即我们总是让结构去主宰战略，而无视于环境的变化。

Let the rulers be effectually responsible to it, promptly removable by it, and it could afford to trust them with power of which it could itself dictate the use to be made

让统治者们切实对国家负责，可以及时地被国家撤职，而且国家可以将它能够决定运用方式的权力托付给他们。

Our daily weather continues to dictate the trivial scenarios of our lives-and remains manna to the rag trade,the tourist industry,and heaven knows what else.

日常天气仍然支配着我们生活中的许多细节，而且仍然是服装业、旅游业-天知道还有些别的什么行业-的一种神赐的助力。

If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice.

如果阅读时能抛开这些先入之见，那将会是一个极好的开端。不要指挥你的作者，而要努力与他融为一体，同他一起写作、商讨。

Businessmen often dictate their letters.

商人经常口授信稿.

Lifestyles will continue to dictate vehicle content.

生活方式将继续决定汽车的内涵。

No one shall dictate to me

谁都不能对我发号施令。

dictate to

口述, 使听写

dictate prices

n.操纵价格

dictate sth. to sb.

口授, 命令