enforce的意思

enforce

英式音标[ɪn'fɔrs]
美式英标[ɪn'fɔːs; en-]

基本解释

vt. 实施，执行；强迫，强制

enforce 强制执行

en-, 进入，使。force, 力量。

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.

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。