Translation of decree – English–Traditional Chinese dictionary

decree
  formal
uk
/dɪˈkriː/
us
/dɪˈkriː/
an official statement that something must happen
法令,政令;命令
The decree stopped short of a full declaration of independence. 這項法令差一點就宣佈完全獨立了。
More than 200 people were freed by military decree. 軍方下令釋放200多人。
Synonyms
edict formal
fiat formal
decree
verb [ T ]
uk
/dɪˈkriː/
us
/dɪˈkriː/
to officially decide or order that something must happen
頒佈法令,下達政令;發出命令
They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age. 他們下令不准再有年齡歧視。
[ + that ] After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards. 地震之後,政府下達政令,要求所有新建樓房必須按照新的標準施工。

(Translation of decree from the Cambridge English-Chinese (Traditional) Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of decree

decree
The continuing dominance of the president in the decision-making process stems from the constitution, various legislative decrees, and practice.
Guilds and parishes also valued selective publicity, reciting decrees or drawing on the expertise of parishioners and workmen.
The decree's first three articles defined and legalised unions.
The provincial government decreed that the city would be provided with the very latest innovations of art and science.
What underlay this abandonment of the enthusiastic reformation doctrine of absolute decrees was a very significant change in the philosophical underpinning of religion.
The estimated 6,900 warrants purchased to begin wage suits in the seventeenth century did not, of course, result in a similar number of judicial decrees.
In a second step, again after very little public debate, a structural pension reform was decreed in 1980 by the military junta.
Frequent use of decrees especially characterized the period up to 1994, as the government drafted, passed, and then organizationally adjusted to, the new constitution.
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Translations of decree

in Chinese (Simplified)
法令,政令, 命令, 颁布法令,下达政令…
in Spanish
decreto, decretar, sentencia…
in Portuguese
decreto, decretar, sentença…
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kararname, emir, ferman…
décret, arrêté, arrêt…
decreet, vonnis, beslissen…
nařízení, předpis, rozhodnutí…
dekret, forordning, befaling…
dekrit, maklumat, memerintahkan…
พระราชกฤษฎีกา, กฎ, ข้อบังคับ…
sắc lệnh, bản án, ra sắc lệnh…
dekret, rozporządzenie, wyrok…
dekret, påbud, dom…
perintah, dekri, mengeluarkan perintah…
der Erlass, der Entscheid, verfügen…
påbud, forbud, bestemmelse…
декрет, указ, рішення…
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