警察命令人群往后退。

The police ordered the crowd to stand back.

《牛津词典》

你不能命令人们如何去花自己的钱。

You can't dictate to people how their money should be spent.

youdao

想命令人的人必须先服务于人。

He that would command must serve.

youdao

to rise and to say anything was a violation of the culture, and that's one of the places where you see where this sharp line exists. They just take orders, but the gentlemen don't just take orders.

起身反抗和发表见解是有违当时的文化的,从这一点可以看出当时社会,森严的等级界限,普通人只能服从指挥,但是有地位的人不仅接受命令

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