mandate: [16] Etymologically, mandate means ‘give one’s hand’. It comes from mandātum (source also of English maundy), a noun use of the past participle of Latin mandāre ‘commit, command’. This verb was formed by blending manus ‘hand’ and dāre ‘give’. English verbs derived from mandāre are command, commend, demand, and remand. => command, commend, date, demand, donation, manual, maundy, remand
mandate (n.)
"judicial or legal order," c. 1500, from Middle French mandat (15c.) and directly from Latin mandatum "commission, command, order," noun use of neuter past participle of mandare "to order, commit to one's charge," literally "to give into one's hand," probably from manus "hand" (see manual) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Political sense of "approval supposedly conferred by voters to the policies or slogans advocated by winners of an election" is from 1796. League of Nations sense is from 1919.
mandate (v.)
1620s, "to command," from mandate (n.). Meaning "to delegate authority, permit to act on behalf of a group" is from 1958; used earlier in the context of the League of Nations, "to authorize a power to control a certain territory for some specified purpose" (1919). Related: Mandated; mandating.
中文解释
1. command => mandate.2. command => mand-.3. 男生和你约会，道明寺和杉菜约会就是命令(流星花园里面的男女主角).4. have a date with sb.(比较暧昧的)约会.5. man + date: 大男子主义的强势男生要约会时，喜欢用命令的口气跟女生约会。
实用例句
1. The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%.
倡议将强制规定把二氧化碳排放量降低40%。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate.
比利时人依照国际联盟的授权接管了卢旺达。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The president's tough line is, however, buttressed by a democratic mandate.
然而，总统推行的强硬路线受到了民主党发布的训令的支持。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The election victory gave the party a clear mandate to continue its programme of reform.
选举获胜使得这个政党拥有了明确的继续推行改革的权力。
来自《权威词典》
5. He was unrelenting in his pursuit of legal mandate.
