enforce
英 [?n'f??s; en-]
美[?n'f?rs]
- vt. 实施，执行；强迫，强制
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?enforces;过去式:?enforced;过去分词:?enforced;现在分词:?enforcing;名词:?enforcement;形容词:?enforceable;
中文词源
enforce 强制执行
en-, 进入，使。force, 力量。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Game wardens were appointed to enforce hunting laws in New Hampshire.
- 狩猎监督官被派到新罕布什尔州去执行狩猎法令。
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- 2. The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them.
- 警察并不制定法律，只是负责执行。
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- 3. Desegregation may be harder to enforce in rural areas.
- 要废除农村地区的种族隔离可能会更困难一些。
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- 4. Clearly, the police cannot break the law in order to enforce it.
- 显然，警方不能为了执法而犯法。
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- 5. It's not yet clear who will actually enforce the blockade.
- 目前还不清楚谁会真正执行这项封锁任务。
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