• n. 授权；命令，指令；委托管理；受命进行的工作
• vt. 授权；托管

来自拉丁语mandatum,命令，委托，交付，来自manus,手，词源同manual, -dat,给予，词源同data,date.即交付给某人，引申词义授权，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%.

倡议将强制规定把二氧化碳排放量降低40%。

来自柯林斯例句

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

比利时人依照国际联盟的授权接管了卢旺达。

来自柯林斯例句

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

然而，总统推行的强硬路线受到了民主党发布的训令的支持。

来自柯林斯例句

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

选举获胜使得这个政党拥有了明确的继续推行改革的权力。

来自《权威词典》

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

他坚决要求得到合法的托管权.

来自《简明英汉词典》