英语词汇“legislate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

legislatelegislate /ˈlɛdʒəˌsleɪt/ AWL verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYlegislate

Origin: 1700-1800 legislator

VERB TABLE

legislate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	legislate
	he, she, it	legislates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	legislated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have legislated
	he, she, it	has legislated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had legislated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will legislate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have legislated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am legislating
	he, she, it	is legislating
	you, we, they	are legislating
Past	I, he, she, it	was legislating
	you, we, they	were legislating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been legislating
	he, she, it	has been legislating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been legislating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be legislating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been legislating

1social studies, law, politics to make a law about something: Congress failed to legislate effective handgun controls.legislate against something It’s useless to try to legislate against something that people want to do.2legislate from the bench law disapproving if a judge or court of law legislates from the bench, they make an official decision that has the effect of a new law