She refused to be dictated to by anyone.

她不愿受任何人摆布。

《牛津词典》

Resolving such disputes is a job for elected politicians, informed by science but not dictated to by scientists.

解决这种争端是当选上的政客们的工作，用科学方法通告而不能任由科学家们恣意解说。

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Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

噢！不要拿你的表来压我。表往往不是快就是慢。我可不能让表来支配我。

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Your mortgage payment is constant through time but the fraction of it that goes to paying off principal versus interest changes through time and it just changes as dictated by this formula.

抵押贷款每月还款是固定的,但是其中本金和利息的比例关系,会随时间而改变,这是由这个公式所决定的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They think we are dictated to by male members of the community or made to wear the veil.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Young UK Muslims: Mediehah Bashir

To avoid the embarrassment of being dictated to by Congress, the D.

WSJ: Jeffrey Scott Shapiro: A Gun Ban That Misfired

But what campaign wants to be dictated to by anyone?

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