N-COUNT An edict is a command or instruction given by someone in authority. 命令; 指令 [正式]
He issued an edict that none of his writings be destroyed.
他下了一道命令:他写的所有东西都不得毁掉。
我们遵循不同的教规。
We agreed to serve your father and to follow his orders and obey his edicts.
我们很愿意服事你的父亲,遵行他的话,顺从他的命令。
No man can become a serviceable servant solely by obedience to written edicts.
没有人单靠遵守成文的法令,就能成为一个有用的仆人。
For how can a state government exist if edicts are not put into use?"
如果一个政府的颁行的法令成了一纸空文,这样的政府还有存在下去的必要吗"
He wrote once that, "The chief thing is to know your duties and our edicts by heart and not put off things until tomorrow, like his son did.
他曾经这样写道,"最要紧的事就是牢记我们的职责和法令,并且不把今天能做的事拖延到明天去做",他儿子就是这么拖沓的
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