dictate: implies an authoritative directive given orally or as if orally: in matters of love, do as the heart ~s.
prescribe: implies an authoritative pronouncement that is clear, definite, and incontrovertible: the ~d procedure for requesting new supplies. （pronouncement公告声明a formal public statement，如the President's latest pronouncements about the protection of minorities总统最近发布的保护少数民族的公告）
ordain: implies institution, establishment, or enactment by a supreme or unquestioned authority: nature has ~ed that we humans either swelter or shiver. (institute创建体系等;制定规章等;开始开创to institute a system, rule, or course of action is to start it) establish也表示创建，但更强调长久稳固确立，即不但创建而且创立，如the committee was established in 1912这个委员会创立于1912年，如by then she was established as a star那时她作为明星的地位已经确立) 大流汗 打冷颤
decree: implies a formal pronouncement by one of great or absolute authority: the Pope ~d that next year will be a Holy Year.
impose: implies a subjecting to what must be borne, endured or submitted to: morality cannot be ~d by law. 道德无法由法律强行施加
dictate命令支配控制: 指口头发号施令，或支配控制，prescribe规定处方: 表示明确说明不容反驳的规定，ordain定立: 表示由最高权力创建成立施行的，decree法令政令: 指发布正式公告，如法令政令，impose强加: 表示必须承受忍耐服从
记忆方法: 1）首字母DPODI想成do dip蘸zhàn一下<==命令
2）命令的意思是发布强制性公文mean to issue something to be followed, observed, obeyed, or accepted. "命令（令）是国家行政机关及其领导人发布的指挥性和强制性的公文。它适用于依照有关法律公布行政法规和规章；宣布施行重大强制性行政措施；嘉奖有关单位及人员，撤销下级机关不适当的决定。命令必须严肃审慎，不能滥用，错用。据《中华人民共和国宪法》和《地方各级人民代表大会组织法》规定：全国人民代表大会常务委员会委员长、中华人民共和国主席、国务院总理、各部部长、各委员会主任可以发布命令。乡、民族乡、镇的人民政府、县级以上地方各级人民政府依照法律规定的权限，可以发布命令"
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