You can choose to let circumstances and events dictate the course of your life, but in doing so, you miss your one opportunity to shape the world.

No matter how competitive you are, how much you dislike the other player, or how foul a situation is, there are rules that dictate gentlemanly behavior.

不管你有多有好胜心，多么不喜欢其它球手，或者形势多么恶劣，都有决定绅士行为的准则。

The government's proposals gave much less to some classes of creditors-including those who thought their debt was secured-than the usually strict rules of Chapter 11 dictate.

根据政府措施某些等级债权者得到的还不如依据通常的破产法来得多，他们中有人本来认为自己的债权是安全的。

Business Analysts can use the Web-based runtime tooling included in WebSphere Process Server to update business rules as business needs dictate without affecting other services.

在业务需求指示时，业务分析师可以使用WebSphere Process Server提供的基于Web的运行时工具更新业务规则，而不会影响其他服务。

As a DBA, business rules will usually dictate how long you should keep backup copies.

作为一名DBA，业务规则通常会决定您应该保留备份副本的时间长度。

The tennis club rules dictate that suitable footwear must_be worn on the courts.

网球俱乐部规则规定球场上必须穿合适的鞋子。

Basel III capital ratios rely on a tougher definition than current rules dictate, limiting the instruments that count as "core tier one capital".

《巴塞尔协议iii》资本比率的定义比现行规定更加严格，对可计入“核心一级资本”的工具进行了限制。

Just like any game, the players play by a set of mies and these rules dictate how play is done.

正如任何一种游戏，参加者依据一套规则玩游戏，这些规则说明游戏进行的方式。

Rules& The application implements rules that dictate acceptable input, visibility of output, and so on.

规则&应用程序实现指定适用输入、输出可见性等的规则。

Dictate terms to a defeated enemy.

向战败的敌人指定条件.

And as we create a condition, we dictate what its going to be and how far it's going to be.

当我们创造一个条件，我们就能控制它会变成什么以及它变化的速度。

The semantics of the message arrows in the diagram do, however, dictate that the message may be sent only if the condition is valid.

不过，图中消息箭头的语义规定只能在条件有效时发送消息。

You can't dictate to me nor my children.

你别再想对我或者孩子们指手划脚了.

Nobody can dictate to me what I think!

谁都不能支配我的想法!

It belongs to me to dictate to them.

我有指挥他们的权责.

Do not dictate to me.

不要命令我.

You can't dictate to people how they should live.

不能强行规定人们应该怎样生活.

That man can't dictate to me; he's not my superior.

那个人不能指挥我, 他不是我的上级.

My dear sir, it is not for me to dictate to you.

亲爱的先生, 你的事我当然无权作主.

Do not dictate to your author; try to become him.

我们不应对作者吹毛求疵, 而应努力站在作者的立场上.

Don't dictate to me to do that.

别命令我去做那件事.