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

• 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。
• 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）。
• Fiat specializes in small and midsize cars.
  菲亚特主要生产小型和中型轿车。
• 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。
• The fascists countered the initial green attack by using fiat money to ramp up global oil prices.
  法西斯分子设计了最初对于绿色国家的攻击，通过使用不能兑换的纸币来提升全球石油价格。
• Last Thursday, Moody's Investors Service placed Fiat under observation for a possible downgrade on short-and long-term debt.
  上周四，穆迪投资者服务公司（Moody'sInvestorsService）将菲亚特列入了可能下调其短期和长期债务评级的观察名单。
• Darby drove a dinky old Fiat sports car.
  达比开着一辆漂亮的老式菲亚特跑车。
• Fiat crossed the first hurdle this year by launching production of a fuel-efficient engine in Michigan.
  菲亚特今年在密歇根投产了一款节能型发动机，满足了第一个条件。
• 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 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。