an official instruction 指示;命令 Extra ExamplesAll companies must comply with the new directive. 所有公司必须遵守新的指令。 Don't start anything without a clear directive from management. 没有管理层的明确指示,不要着手做任何事情。 Private health services will be allowed under the directive. 该指令允许私人医疗保健服务。 The EU issued a new drinking water directive. 欧盟发布了一项新的饮用水规范。 The book offers no specific directives for what the reader should do. 这本书没有提供读者应该如何做的具体指示。 The directive requires member states to designate sites of special scientific interest. 指令要求成员国划定特别科学兴趣保护区。 The proposals are contained in a European directive on wild birds. 这些建议纳入了欧洲关于野生鸟类的指导政策中。 They acted in accordance with the latest directive from Brussels. 他们按照布鲁塞尔的最新指示行事。 They said they didn't receive any directives from the White House or the Pentagon. 他们宣称未接到来自白宫或五角大楼的任何指令。 You can spell out your preferences in an advance directive, so that your family and doctors know what you want. 你可以在事前委托书中详细说明你的选择,以便你的家人和医生知道你的意愿。 a new set of directives for the security team 给安保队伍的一套新指令
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- general
- important
- …
- give
- issue
- adopt
- …
- come into force
- require something
- in accordance with a/the directive
- in a/the directive
- under a/the directive
- …
- the provisions of a directive
- the terms of a directive
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from medieval Latin directivus, from direct- ‘guided, put straight’, from the verb dirigere, from di- ‘distinctly’ or de- ‘down’ + regere ‘put straight’.