• n. 授權；命令，指令；委托管理；受命進行的工作
• vt. 授權；托管

來自拉丁語mandatum,命令，委托，交付，來自manus,手，詞源同manual, -dat,給予，詞源同data,date.即交付給某人，引申詞義授權，命令等。

mandate

mandate: [16] Etymologically, mandate means ‘give one’s hand’. It comes from mandātum (source also of English maundy), a noun use of the past participle of Latin mandāre ‘commit, command’. This verb was formed by blending manus ‘hand’ and dāre ‘give’. English verbs derived from mandāre are command, commend, demand, and remand.
=> command, commend, date, demand, donation, manual, maundy, remand

mandate (n.)

"judicial or legal order," c. 1500, from Middle French mandat (15c.) and directly from Latin mandatum "commission, command, order," noun use of neuter past participle of mandare "to order, commit to one's charge," literally "to give into one's hand," probably from manus "hand" (see manual) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Political sense of "approval supposedly conferred by voters to the policies or slogans advocated by winners of an election" is from 1796. League of Nations sense is from 1919.

mandate (v.)

1620s, "to command," from mandate (n.). Meaning "to delegate authority, permit to act on behalf of a group" is from 1958; used earlier in the context of the League of Nations, "to authorize a power to control a certain territory for some specified purpose" (1919). Related: Mandated; mandating.

1. The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%.

倡議將強制規定把二氧化碳排放量降低40%。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate.

比利時人依照國際聯盟的授權接管了盧旺達。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The president's tough line is, however, buttressed by a democratic mandate.

然而，總統推行的強硬路線受到了民主黨發布的訓令的支持。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The election victory gave the party a clear mandate to continue its programme of reform.

選舉獲勝使得這個政黨擁有了明確的繼續推行改革的權力。

來自《權威詞典》

5. He was unrelenting in his pursuit of legal mandate.

他堅決要求得到合法的托管權.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》