decree

法令、勅令

政府や君主、裁判所が出す正式な命令。

やさしい英語で： An official order made by a government, ruler, or court.

• The king issued a decree.
• A new decree banned fishing in the lake.
• The president changed the rules by decree.

類義語： order, edict

よく使う表現： issue a decree, royal decree, by decree, government decree

命じる、布告する

政府や君主、裁判所の権限で正式に命令する。

やさしい英語で： To officially order something using the power of a government, ruler, or court.

• The king decreed a public holiday.
• The court decreed that the money must be returned.
• Who decreed that this road should be closed?

使い方： decree that… (The government decreed that all schools must close.); decree something (The court decreed the return of the land.)

類義語： order, ordain

よく使う表現： decree that something, decree a ban, decree something illegal, decree the return