enact

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Related topics: Performing, Law

en·act /ɪˈnækt/ verb [transitiveT]

1 formalAP to act in a play, story etc 上演；扮演

a drama enacted on a darkened stage

在灯光暗淡的舞台上演的戏剧

2 SCL law to make a proposal into a law 将…制定成法律

Congress refused to enact the bill.

国会拒绝通过该法案。

—enactment noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

enact• It may not be long before more brutal solutions to this modern menace are enacted.• The immigrant-aid cutoff was controversial at the time the legislation was enacted.• The necessary legislation has been enacted.• A discussion then occurs within the elite, to determine whether this policy should be enacted and how it should be implemented.• The Basic Law will still be enacted, promising a panoply of rights and freedoms for 50 years beyond 1997.• They migrated to Montana, where legislators as recently as 1963 tried and failed to enact similar controls.• Under a new law, universities must enact smoke-free policies on their campuses.• It is the competence to recognize and enact the rules, procedures and forms of understanding of a particular cultural environment.• The characters wear colorful outfits and enact their scenes center stage.• Even Frederick Douglass's Paper enacted this synecdoche.

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TOEFL BNC: 6524 COCA: 4710

enact