mandate: [16] Etymologically, mandate means ‘give one’s hand’. It comes from mandātum (source also of English maundy), a noun use of the past participle of Latin mandāre ‘commit, command’. This verb was formed by blending manus ‘hand’ and dāre ‘give’. English verbs derived from mandāre are command, commend, demand, and remand. => command, commend, date, demand, donation, manual, maundy, remand
mandate (n.)
"judicial or legal order," c. 1500, from Middle French mandat (15c.) and directly from Latin mandatum "commission, command, order," noun use of neuter past participle of mandare "to order, commit to one's charge," literally "to give into one's hand," probably from manus "hand" (see manual) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Political sense of "approval supposedly conferred by voters to the policies or slogans advocated by winners of an election" is from 1796. League of Nations sense is from 1919.
mandate (v.)
1620s, "to command," from mandate (n.). Meaning "to delegate authority, permit to act on behalf of a group" is from 1958; used earlier in the context of the League of Nations, "to authorize a power to control a certain territory for some specified purpose" (1919). Related: Mandated; mandating.
例文
1. The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%.
イニシアティブは二酸化炭素排出量を40%削減するよう強制的に規定する。
2.The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate .
ベルギー人は国際連盟の許可に従ってルワンダを引き継いだ。
3.The president 's tough line is，however，buttressed by a democratic mandate .
しかし、大統領が推進する強硬路線は民主党が発する訓令に支持されている。
4.The election victory gave the party a clear mandate to continue its programme of reform.
選挙に勝利したことで、この政党は改革を継続する明確な権限を持っている。
5.He was unrelenting in his pursuit of legal mandate .