1·Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning.
谢尔登每天都进行创作，在上午口述他的小说。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Part of the daily routine of most executives is to spend a period of time with his or her assistant, going over projects, dictating letters, discussing appointments to be made etc.
大多数业务经理大部分日常业务都花在与他或她的助理研究项目，口述信函，商讨会谈时间等事务上。
3·"You will never know how much enjoyment you've lost until you get to dictating your biography," he wrote. "you'll be astonished at how like talk it is and how real it sounds."
你只有在开始口述自己的传记之后才会发现你会失去多少的快乐，你会惊奇的发现这和聊天非常相似，而它听起来又是那么的真实。
4·He worked in a room divided by a curtain, dictating to a scribe who never saw the plates.
他在一个只有一扇门的屋子里，向一名抄写员口述翻译，而这名抄写员从未见过这些盘子。
5·She spent the morning dictating letters to her secretary.
她花了一上午向她的秘书口述信件。
1·There is a fact still more astounding: The absence of a master mind, of anyone dictating or forcibly directing these countless actions which bring me into being.
这里的事实依旧是相当惊骇的：这里缺少一个策划者，没有人命令或者是强行指挥将我带到这个世界上。
2·The FDA is dictating the language the companies must include on suicide ideation in the "Warnings" section of the professional labeling and in the Medication Guide.
FDA命令企业必须把关于构想自杀观念的用语加入到医护人员标识的“警告”栏和用药指南里。
3·I know Terry Venables will want the team to play in the opposition's half and I think, if we really follow through with this approach, we can start dictating to opponents.
我知道特里·维纳布尔斯希望我们的球队能够一直在对方的半场踢，但我认为如果我们真的能够做到，那我们就可以去命令自己的对手了。