单词 | enjoin |
释义 | enjoin/ɪnˈdʒɔɪn / /ɛnˈdʒɔɪn/verb [with object and infinitive] 1Instruct or urge (someone) to do something: the code enjoined members to trade fairly...
Synonyms urge, encourage, try to persuade, adjure, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on; instruct, order, command, direct, give the order to, give the command to, tell, require, call on, demand, charge, warn; entreat, exhort, implore, appeal to, beg, beseech, plead with, nag informal put the heat on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm, railroad into, bulldoze into literary bid 1.1 [with object] Prescribe (an action or attitude) to be performed or adopted: the charitable deeds enjoined on him by religion...
1.2 [with object] (enjoin someone from) Law Prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction: he was enjoined from using the patent...
Synonyms prohibit, ban, bar, prevent, inhibit, interdict; forbid to; Law restrain Derivativesenjoinment
OriginMiddle English (formerly also as injoin): from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere 'join, attach, impose', from in- 'in, towards' + jungere 'to join'. Rhymes |
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