The government issued a mandate requiring all new buildings to incorporate solar panels, aiming to reduce urban carbon emissions.
政府发布了一项命令，要求所有新建筑安装太阳能板，旨在减少城市碳排放。
Which choice best defines “mandate”?
A — An official order or commission to do something.. “mandate” means an official order or commission to do something..
Which word means “an official order or commission to do something.”?
C — mandate. “mandate” means an official order or commission to do something..
mandate — an official order or commission to do something.. In Chinese: n. 授权，命令.
mandate is pronounced /ˈmæn.deɪt/.
The government issued a mandate requiring all new buildings to incorporate solar panels, aiming to reduce urban carbon emissions. (政府发布了一项命令，要求所有新建筑安装太阳能板，旨在减少城市碳排放。)
directive, order, commission — all close in meaning to mandate (an official order or commission to do something.).
Yes. mandate is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
man(hand)+date(give)→ authorization, order, mandate.