(尤指君主、政府颁布的)法令;敕令;正式命令。常指具有权威性、必须遵守的公开命令。(在一些语境中也可泛指“强制性的规定/命令”。)
/ˈiːdɪkt/
The king issued an edict to lower taxes.
国王颁布了一道法令,要求降低税收。
Though the edict was meant to restore order, it provoked resistance and deepened the conflict between the court and the people.
尽管这道法令旨在恢复秩序,却引发了反抗,并加深了朝廷与民众之间的冲突。
edict 来自拉丁语 edictum,意为“公告、命令”,源于 edicere(“公开宣布、宣告”)。因此它常带有“公开发布的权威命令”的色彩。