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Chinese meaning
强制规定；指令要求
权威下达的正式命令或强制要求
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企业硬性规定员工必须返回办公室上班
Example
It wasn't thousands of staff petitioning their boss to let them work from home that convinced CEOs to loosen their in-office mandates
并非数千名员工联名向老板请愿要求居家办公，说服了 CEO 们放宽返岗规定。
Source: Fortune
Background ✎
高盛、摩根大通因世界杯赛程时差，破例允许员工居家观球兼办公，变相松动了严格的返岗要求。
Roots · etymology
源自拉丁 mandāre（委托、命令），manus（手）+ dare（给予）
- manus（拉丁：手）+ dare（给予）→ mandāre（交付、委托）
Collocations
- in-office mandate / loosen a mandate / fulfill a mandate
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