mandate

1. N-COUNT If a government or other elected body has a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they have the authority to carry it out as a result of winning an election or vote. (政府或机构经选举而获得的) 授权

The president and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform. 总统和他的支持者们几乎肯定地认为这次投票是对继续进行经济改革的授权。

2. N-COUNT If someone is given a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. (个人所获得的) 授权

How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?

这名独立检察官获得授权去调查这件事情的权限还有多长？

3. N-COUNT You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country's leader or government remains in office as their mandate. 任期[正式]

...his intention to leave politics once his mandate ends. …他任期一结束就将离开政界的打算。

4. V-T When someone is mandated to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. 授权[正式] [usu passive]

He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire. 他受西非经济共同体授权去介入并执行停火协定。

5. V-T To mandate something means to make it mandatory. 强制执行[美国英语]

The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%. 这个倡议将把二氧化碳排放量强制降低40%。

Sixteen years ago, Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French schools. 16年前，魁北克省规定所有移民都要送孩子上法语学校。