mandate

1. N-COUNT 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. (政府或機(jī)構(gòu)經(jīng)選舉而獲得的) 授權(quán)

The president and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform. 總統(tǒng)和他的支持者們幾乎肯定地認(rèn)為這次投票是對(duì)繼續(xù)進(jìn)行經(jīng)濟(jì)改革的授權(quán)。

2. N-COUNT If someone is given a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. (個(gè)人所獲得的) 授權(quán)

How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?

這名獨(dú)立檢察官獲得授權(quán)去調(diào)查這件事情的權(quán)限還有多長(zhǎng)？

3. N-COUNT You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country's leader or government remains in office as their mandate. 任期[正式]

...his intention to leave politics once his mandate ends. …他任期一結(jié)束就將離開(kāi)政界的打算。

4. V-T When someone is mandated to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. 授權(quán)[正式] [usu passive]

He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire. 他受西非經(jīng)濟(jì)共同體授權(quán)去介入并執(zhí)行停火協(xié)定。

5. V-T To mandate something means to make it mandatory. 強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%. 這個(gè)倡議將把二氧化碳排放量強(qiáng)制降低40%。

Sixteen years ago, Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French schools. 16年前，魁北克省規(guī)定所有移民都要送孩子上法語(yǔ)學(xué)校。