de-, 向下。-cree, 分开，词源同crisis, certain. 用来指裁决，法令。拼写比较degree, agree.

1. The parliament described the decree as interference in the republic's internal affairs.

议会形容此法令为对共和国内政的干涉。

2. An official decree invalidated the vote in the capital.

一份官方法令宣布在首都举行的投票无效。

3. The decree put the president in an uncomfortable position.

这一判决使总统陷入了尴尬的处境中。

4. Opponents denounced the decree as undemocratic and unconstitutional.

反对派抨击该法令是不民主的、违反宪法的。

5. The decree imposed strict censorship of the media.

这个法令强制实行严格的媒体审查制度。