| 单词 | codify |
| 释义 | codify (once / 8101 pages) v To codify is to arrange information in a logical order that others can follow. Legislators may try to codify, or gather and organize, all laws related to a particular issue. When you look at the word codify you can probably guess that it's related to the word code. Warriors live by a code. Building inspectors check that a building and its systems are up to code. Hockey players use "the code" to determine when — and why — to fight on the ice. All of these codes are clear to the people who use them because someone in the past made an effort to codify the various rules into an organized system. WORD FAMILYcodify: codification, codified, codifies, codifying+/code: coded, coder, codes, codify, coding, decode, encode, microcode/coder: coders/codification: codifications/coding: codings/decode: decoded, decoder, decodes, decoding/decoder: decoders/decoding: decodings/encode: encoded, encodes, encoding/microcode: microcodes USAGE EXAMPLESSecurity Council might then codify with Mr. Obama’s assent, boxing Israel in. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Trump ran on racism, and now his team is all set to codify racism into some of the most regressive policies we’ve seen in decades. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) In the mid-19th century, Richard Wagner codified the idea with the term Gesamtkunstwerk, meaning synthesizing multiple art forms in one piece, engaging all the senses. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) v organize into a code or system, such as a body of law Hammurabi codified the laws Hyper systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize arrange according to a system or reduce to a system |
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