プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
めいれい【命令】
❶〔命ずること〕an order ((to do))；〔権威者の発する絶対的な命令〕a command ((to do))；〔指示〕directions
命令する order ((a person to do))；command, direct ((a person to do))；give a command, give orders
命令的 commanding
人の命令を受ける
take orders from a person
命令に従う［逆らう］
obey [refuse to carry out] an order [a command]
彼らは市場を調査せよという社長命令を受けて出発した
They set out with orders from the president to investigate the market.
彼は部下にすぐやれと命令した
He ordered [gave orders to] his subordinates to do it at once.
委員長はスト中止命令を出した
The union leader gave the command to 「call off [stop] the strike.
車は警官の停止命令を無視して突っ走った
The car sped on, ignoring the policeman's order to stop.
命令どおりにしなさい
Do as you are told.
生徒たちは校庭に整列せよと命令された
The pupils 「were directed [received directions] to line up in the schoolyard.
命令口調で話す
speak in 「a commanding [《文》 a peremptory/an authoritative] tone
❷〔裁判所の指示〕a decree
命令形
〔文法で〕an imperative form ((of a verb))
命令系統
the chain of command
命令文
〔文法で〕an imperative sentence
命令法
〔文法で〕the imperative mood