mandate
US: /ˈmænˌdeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mandate /'mændeit/- danh từ
- lệnh, trát
- sự uỷ nhiệm, sự uỷ thác
- sự uỷ mị
- chỉ thị, yêu cầu (của người bỏ phiếu đối với nghị viên, cho công đoàn viên đối với người đại diện...)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 ~ (to do sth)
~ (for sth) the authority to do sth, given to a government or other organization by the people who vote for it in an election: The election victory gave the party a clear mandate to continue its programme of reform. + a mandate for an end to the civil war
2 the period of time for which a government is given power: The presidential mandate is limited to two terms of four years each.
3 ~ (to do sth) (formal) an official order given to sb to perform a particular task: The bank had no mandate to honour the cheque.
4 the power given to a country to govern another country or region, especially in the past: The Cook Islands mandate was given to New Zealand.
+ verb [often passive] (formal)
1 (especially AmE) to order sb to behave, do sth or vote in a particular way: [V that] The law mandates that imported goods should be identified as such. [also VN to inf, VN]
2 [VN to inf] to give sb, especially a government or a committee, the authority to do sth: The assembly was mandated to draft a constitution.
Collocation
ADJ.
popular | clear | legal | presidential | electoral
It is undemocratic to govern an area without an electoral mandate.
VERB + MANDATE
have | give sb, issue | seek
The party sought a mandate to reform the constitution.
| get, obtain, receive, win | extend, implement
MANDATE + VERB
run
The mandate ran until 1947.
PREP.
in your ~
He failed in his mandate.
| under a/the ~
They ruled the country under a United Nations mandate.
| with a/the ~
The party was elected with a mandate to reduce the size of government.
| without a ~
They accused him of acting without a mandate.
| ~ for
She has received a clear mandate for educational reform.
| ~ from
a mandate from the United Nations to govern the territory
PHRASES
an extension/a renewal of a mandate
Concise dictionary
mandates|mandated|mandating'mændeɪtnoun
+a document giving an official instruction or command
+a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
+the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
verb
+assign under a mandate
+make mandatory
+assign authority to
