单词 | enforce |
释义 | enforce (once / 205 pages) v To enforce means to make sure the laws and rules are being followed. So those guys wearing striped outfits and whistles? They're in charge of enforcing the rules of the game. See the word force inside of enforce? It can help you remember that enforce is all about forcing others to follow the rules. The traffic police enforce the driving laws by handing out speeding tickets. Your parents hopefully enforce good behavior by grounding you when you stay out too late. It would be wonderful if everyone just followed the rules on their own, but it seems the temptation to be bad is just too strong. So thank goodness for all the enforcers that keep us in line. WORD FAMILYenforce: enforceable, enforced, enforcement, enforcer, enforces, enforcing, reenforce+/enforceable: unenforceable/enforced: enforcedly, unenforced/enforcement: enforcements/enforcer: enforcers/force: enforce, forced, forceful, forceless, forces, forcible, forcing/forced: forcedly, unforced/forceful: forcefully, forcefulness, unforceful/forcible: forciblest, forcibly/reenforce: reenforced, reenforcement, reenforces, reenforcing/reenforcement: reenforcements/unforced: unforcedly USAGE EXAMPLESA judge recently issued a preliminary injunction temporarily preventing the state from enforcing the law against the clinics that sued, according to the Chicago Tribune. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The Communist Party relies heavily on the police to enforce order and maintain social stability, and many officers are poorly paid. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The Michigan Association of Drain Commissioners says drain commissioners enforce laws related to flood protection, storm management and soil erosion. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v compel to behave in a certain way Syn|Hyper impose compel, obligate, oblige force somebody to do something 2v ensure observance of laws and rules Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper apply, implement exempt, free, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to execute, run carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine executecarry out the legalities of stepcause (a computer) to execute a single command giveexecute and deliver compel, obligate, oblige force somebody to do something |
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