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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 颁布／签署法令 a presidential/royal decree 总统/皇家法令 a leader who rules by decree (= not in a democratic way) 专制统治者
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2He has been governing by emergency decree under the provisions of the constitution. 他一直以来按照宪法规定凭借紧急法令施以管理。 In an emergency decree, the government banned all rallies. 政府颁布紧急命令，禁止一切集会活动。 The president issued a decree prohibiting trade unions. 总统颁布了禁止成立工会的命令。 Local inspectors helped enforce presidential decrees. 当地检查员协助执行总统令。 The general will rule by decree until a general election. 在大选之前这位将军将通过发布政令管理国家。 The government had the power to legislate by emergency decree independently of Parliament. 政府有权不通过议会而以发布紧急命令的形式立法。 The general ruled by decree. 将军实行专制统治。 Thousands of demonstrators defied the decree and gathered in the square. 成千上万的示威者无视法令，聚集在广场上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emergency
- divine
- papal
- …
- issue
- pass
- sign
- …
- in a/the decree
- decree on
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a decision that is made in court （法院的）裁定，判决 a decree on property rights 关于财产权的法令
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’.