新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

mandate

英 [ˈmændeɪt]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

mandates
1. [C 可数名词] （政府或机构经选举而获得的）授权
If a government or other elected body has a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they have the authority to carry it out as a result of winning an election or vote.
双语例句
例：
The president and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform.
总统和他的支持者们几乎肯定地认为这次投票是对继续进行经济改革的授权。
2. [C 可数名词] （个人所获得的）授权
If someone is given a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it.
双语例句
例：
How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?
这名独立检察官获得授权去调查这件事情的权限还有多长？
3. [C 可数名词] 任期
You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country's leader or government remains in office as their mandate.
双语例句
例：
his intention to leave politics once his mandate ends.
他打算任期一结束就离开政界。

VERB. 动词

mandates , mandating , mandated
1. [T 及物动词] 授权
When someone is mandated to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it.
双语例句
例：
He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire.
西非经济共同体授权他介入并执行停火协定。

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