- 1（合約、法律、規定）明訂、規定；也可以說人「明確要求、載明條件」。重點是「白紙黑字寫進去、有約束力」，不是隨口提一下。
To stipulate is to say clearly, as part of an agreement, a contract, a law or a set of rules, that something must be done or must be a certain way. It is not just mentioning or suggesting — it is writing a condition in, so that the other side is bound by it. A contract can stipulate a deadline; a landlord can stipulate no pets; a law can stipulate that all workers get a break. Notice that both people and documents can be the subject: 'she stipulated that the money go to her sister', 'the rules stipulate a minimum age of eighteen'. It is formal, and it belongs mostly to written English — legal documents, official notices, job , academic conditions. In speech you would normally say 'insist on', 'say clearly', 'make it a condition' instead. it usually takes 'that' plus a clause, and in careful or American English that clause often uses the plain base form of the verb: 'the contract stipulates that he be present.' There is also a courtroom use in American law, where the two sides stipulate to a fact — they agree to accept it as true so nobody has to prove it — which is a slightly different flavour, more 'agree' than 'demand'.
組成來自拉丁文 stipulor，意思是「要求對方做出正式承諾」。羅馬人訂約時有一套固定的問答儀式，這個字就是從那來的——所以它天生帶著「講定、有效力」的味道。字尾 -ate 是英文常見的動詞字尾（像 create、operate）。
同家族的字
- stipulationthe noun: the condition that has been stipulated
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stipulateverb詞源 1/ˈstɪpjuˌleɪt/
- 1
To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
- In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.
- My contract stipulated that I would make dinner for him at six o'clock and leave at seven after finishing the dishes; but the Professor began objecting to this schedule as soon as my son arrived on the scene.
- 2
To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
- Out of special love and affection they stipulate that the survivor shall remain in full possession and use the entire temporal estate which they leave behind and none of the heirs shall demand an account or proof or balance so that the survivor may manage the estate in the manner he or she thinks best.
- 3
formallawTo acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
- The defense stipulates that the witness has identified my client.
- The parties stipulate that Exhibits 1 through 3 accompanied the initial Verified Complaint and Jury Demand, and that they are displayed in this text in the Exhibits section solely for clarity of the layout.
- 4
To ask for a contractual term.
- Although another person cannot stipulate for us, yet in our stipulations we can associate with ourselves another person who stipulates for the same performance, and is called an adstipulator.
- 5
formallawTo mutually agree.
- We will stipulate to our receipt of all pertinent discovery documents.
- Parties stipulate to serve discovery and notice discovery depositions no later than 45 days after the opening of discovery, and to respond to discovery within 30 days and take discovery depositions no later than the closing date of discovery.
stipulateadj詞源 2/ˈstɪpjəlɪt/
- 1
biologybotanynatural-sciencesHaving stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。