enforce

英 [?n'f??s; en-] 美[?n'f?rs]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中低頻詞核心詞匯

第三人稱單數:?enforces;過去式:?enforced;過去分詞:?enforced;現在分詞:?enforcing;名詞:?enforcement;形容詞:?enforceable;

enforce 強制執行

en-, 進入，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.: 狩獵監督官被派到新罕布什爾州去執行狩獵法令。

2. The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them.: 警察并不制定法律，只是負責執行。

3. Desegregation may be harder to enforce in rural areas.: 要廢除農村地區的種族隔離可能會更困難一些。

4. Clearly, the police cannot break the law in order to enforce it.: 顯然，警方不能為了執法而犯法。

5. It's not yet clear who will actually enforce the blockade.: 目前還不清楚誰會真正執行這項封鎖任務。