| 释义 |
policed, ppl. a.|-ˈiːst|
[f. police v. or n. + -ed. Orig. (ˈpɒlɪst).]
1. Politically organized, regulated, or ordered; governed, disciplined. (In quot. 1735 |ˈpɒlɪst|.)
1591Lambarde Archeion (1635) 65 The necessitie of an Officer of this sort is inevitable in every well-polliced Kingdome. 1603Florio Montaigne (1634) 189 Amongst the best policed and formalest nations. 1735Thomson Liberty iv. 734 As when, with Alfred, from the wilds she came To polic'd cities and protected plains. 1770Antiq. in Ann. Reg. 104/2 Such a dispersion was little promotive of trade, which loves large and policed communities. 1858M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 39 To this policed society the old ‘social contract’ theory strictly applied.
2. Provided with or guarded by a police force.
1897All About Diamond Jubilee (ed. Newnes) 58/1 London will be probably the best policed city in the world on June 22nd. |