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an official order from a leader or a government that becomes the law 法令;政令 to issue/sign a decree 頒布/簽署法令 a presidential/royal decree 總統/皇家法令 a leader who rules by decree (= not in a democratic way) 專制統治者
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2He has been governing by emergency decree under the provisions of the constitution. 他一直以來按照憲法規定憑借緊急法令施以管理。 In an emergency decree, the government banned all rallies. 政府頒布緊急命令,禁止一切集會活動。 The president issued a decree prohibiting trade unions. 總統頒布了禁止成立工會的命令。 Local inspectors helped enforce presidential decrees. 當地檢查員協助執行總統令。 The general will rule by decree until a general election. 在大選之前這位將軍將通過發布政令管理國家。 The government had the power to legislate by emergency decree independently of Parliament. 政府有權不通過議會而以發布緊急命令的形式立法。 The general ruled by decree. 將軍實行專制統治。 Thousands of demonstrators defied the decree and gathered in the square. 成千上萬的示威者無視法令,聚集在廣場上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emergency
- divine
- papal
- …
- issue
- pass
- sign
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- in a/the decree
- decree on
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a decision that is made in court (法院的)裁定,判決 a decree on property rights 關於財産權的法令
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emergency
- divine
- papal
- …
- issue
- pass
- sign
- …
- in a/the decree
- decree on
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’.