In 1639 Galileo, then old and blind, dictated to his son one of his books in which he discussed the isochronal properties of oscillating bodies, and their adaptation as time measures. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Whether it was the heart which dictated this new system of complaisance and humility adopted by our Rebecca, is to be proved by her after-history. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
From the outset, an innate recognition of system dictated the desirability and wisdom of preserving records of his experiments and inventions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Apart from the simple organization dictated by that common will, France was a mosaic of practically independent nobles. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
He said a man was not to be dictated to. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
He dictated again. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
Emmy defended her conduct and showed that it was dictated only by the purest religious principles; that a woman once, &c. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
As to being dictated to by you, or any Jack, Jem, or Jonathan on earth, I shall not suffer it for a moment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
After some changes dictated by experience, this artificial filament was adopted in the manufacture of lamps. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
It was a crushing and exorbitant peace, dictated with the utmost arrogance of confident victors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Whether unbridled curiosity, or ungovernable dread, dictated Miss Verinder's questions I do not presume to inquire. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
They are as wise, however, as if they had all been dictated by the most deliberate wisdom. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
These feelings dictated my answer to my father. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
Mrs. Yorke was not irritated at the reproof, worded with a severity so simple, dictated by a pride so quiet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
New books, for instance, were dictated to rows of copyists in the factories of the booksellers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
They are dictated by a sense of duty. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Sir Thomas was satisfied; too glad to be satisfied, perhaps, to urge the matter quite so far as his judgment might have dictated to others. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
I cannot be dictated to by a watch. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
Say good-morning to the young lady, dictated Harriet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
His will began and ended in three clauses, which he dictated from his bed, in perfect possession of his faculties. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
The choice of Captain Vye's fuelhouse as the scene of rehearsal was dictated by the fact that his dwelling was nearly in the centre of the heath. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
You mustn't say anything not dictated to you, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Mrs. Jellyby, sitting in quite a nest of waste paper, drank coffee all the evening and dictated at intervals to her eldest daughter. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Moreover, all his activities were dictated by patriotic motives. 李贝.西洋科学史.