enforce

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en·force /ɪnˈfɔːs $ -ɔːrs/ AWL verb [transitiveT]

1 SCto make people obey a rule or law 执行，实施〔法律〕

enforce a law/ban etc

Governments make laws and the police enforce them.

政府制定法律，警察负责执行。

Parking restrictions will be strictly enforced.

停车限制将会严格执行。

2 FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto make something happen or force someone to do something 强迫实行；迫使

enforce something on somebody

It is unlikely that a record company would enforce its views on an established artist.

唱片公司未必能强迫一位已出名的艺人接受他们的意见。

—enforceable adjectiveadj

The recommendations are not legally enforceable.

这些建议不能用法律手段强制执行。

n COLLOCATIONS

nouns

enforce a law

He wants the police to enforce the law and arrest the men.

enforce a rule/regulation

The rules are strictly enforced.

enforce an agreement

The president called for UN action to enforce the agreement.

enforce a ban

The ban on commercial whaling can only be enforced with the international cooperation.

enforce sanctions

The EU has threatened to enforce sanctions by blockading the port.

enforce discipline

You have to enforce classroom discipline or there is chaos.

adverbs

be strictly/rigorously enforced

The new parking restrictions will be strictly enforced.

be properly enforced

Rules are only effective if they are properly enforced.

Examples from the Corpus

enforce• They are willing to explain but not to enforce.• But he is not entitled to go behind the Act to show that section 18 should not be enforced.• The franchiser tried to keep the spat out of court by enforcing an arbitration agreement in the franchise contract.• Long periods of enforced coexistence may include concessions or agreements and important, often fruitful, cultural exchange.• It's difficult to enforce discipline in these surroundings.• But after 18 months of enforced dormancy, both have been given new life and relevance.• a period of enforced silence• The office does a poor job enforcing the cases it has now, she said.• The police are strict here about enforcing the speed limit.• The only answer to this is to develop a comprehensive programme of accounting standards and to enforce them vigorously.• But it is one thing to have rules, another to enforce them.

enforce a law/ban etc• Chief executives are officials who run governmental bodies that formulate and enforce laws.• Wednesday afternoon, riot police were out on the streets of Belgrade to enforce a ban on marches by anti-Milosevic demonstrators.

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