fiat

英 [ˈfiːæt]

美 [ˈfiːæt]

n.  (当权者的)法令，命令，谕

复数：fiats　

GRE医学

BNC.16033 / COCA.13898

牛津词典

noun

• （当权者的）法令，命令，谕
  an official order given by sb in authority

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 命令;指令
  If something is doneby fiat, it is done because of an official order given by someone in authority.
  1. He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.
     他试图下令强行解决该国的问题。

英英释义

noun

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
  1. a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
  Synonym:decreeedictorderrescript

双语例句

• There are two forms of money: commodity money and fiat money. The first money is commodity money.
  货币主要有两种形式：商品货币和纸币。最初的货币形式是商品货币。
• As a student at UCLA, I bought a small Fiat on borrowed money.
  当我在洛杉矶加大作学生时，借钱购买了一部细小的快意牌汽车。
• The rest of Fiat's plants are primarily in Eastern Europe and South America.
  菲亚特的其余工厂主要位于东欧和南美。
• Fiat money is used as money because of government decree.
  法定货币是由于政府的法令而被使用的货币。
• Over the past two decades, a world of fiat money has supplied modest inflation and supported stable growth.
  过去20年间，名义货币主导的世界做到了通胀水平适度，并为经济稳定增长提供了支撑。
• Several Chrysler models will be rebadged under the Fiat and Lancia nameplates for sale outside North America.
  数款克莱斯勒车型将被贴上菲亚特和蓝旗亚（lancia）的铭牌在北美意外地区销售。
• Fiat has been one of the greatest casualties of the recession.
  菲亚特一直是经济萧条中损失最惨重的公司之一。
• Fiat wants to merge Opel with its own autos division and recently acquired Chrysler.
  菲亚特希望将欧宝与自己的汽车业务合并，该公司于近期收购了克莱斯勒（Chrysler）。
• Under pressure from the American government, Fiat and other manufacturers obeyed the new safety regulations.
  在美国政府的压力之下，菲亚特和其他汽车制造商同意遵守新的安全规定。
• Chrysler, you see, is actually Fiat.
  所以，克莱斯勒实际上已经是菲亚特的了。