enforce
英 [?n'f??s; en-]
美[?n'f?rs]
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?enforces;過去式:?enforced;過去分詞:?enforced;現(xiàn)在分詞:?enforcing;名詞:?enforcement;形容詞:?enforceable;
中文詞源
enforce 強制執(zhí)行en-, 進入，使。force, 力量。
英文詞源
- enforce (v.)
- mid-14c., "to drive by physical force; to try, attempt, strive; to fortify, strengthen a place;" late 14c. as "exert force, compel; make stronger, reinforce; strengthen an argument; grow stronger, become violent," from Old French enforcier "strengthen, reinforce; use force (on), offer violence (to); oppress; violate, rape" (12c.) or a native formation from en- (1) "make, put in" + force (n.). Meaning "compel obedience to (a law, etc.) is from 1640s. Related: Enforced; enforcing.
雙語例句
- 1. Game wardens were appointed to enforce hunting laws in New Hampshire.
- 狩獵監(jiān)督官被派到新罕布什爾州去執(zhí)行狩獵法令。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them.
- 警察并不制定法律，只是負責(zé)執(zhí)行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Desegregation may be harder to enforce in rural areas.
- 要廢除農(nóng)村地區(qū)的種族隔離可能會更困難一些。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Clearly, the police cannot break the law in order to enforce it.
- 顯然，警方不能為了執(zhí)法而犯法。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It's not yet clear who will actually enforce the blockade.
- 目前還不清楚誰會真正執(zhí)行這項封鎖任務(wù)。
來自柯林斯例句