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单词 enforce
释义 en·force
\ə̇nˈfō(ə)rs, en-, -ȯ(ə)rs, -ōəs, -ȯ(ə)s\ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English enforcen, from Middle French enforcier to strengthen, force, from Old French, from en- en- (I) + force, n., strength & forcier, v., to attack — more at force (n.), force (v.)
1. : to give force to : reinforce
 < his comment is enough to confirm and enforce the significance attributed to a free ballot >
2.
 a. : to urge with energy
  < enforce arguments >
 b. obsolete : encourage, inspire
3. obsolete : to use force upon : assail, assault
4. obsolete : to fling or drive forcibly
5. : constrain, compel
 < enforce obedience from children >
6. obsolete : to make or obtain by force
 < enforce a passage >
7. : to put in force : cause to take effect : give effect to especially with vigor
 < enforce laws >
 < a government unable to enforce its national interests >
 < enforced his rule by cruel methods — C.S.Forester >
Synonyms:
 implement: enforce refers to requiring operation, observance, or protection of laws, orders, contracts, and agreements by authority, often that of a whole government or of its executive or legal branches
  < this law is seldom enforced >
  < in order to make the papal bureaucracy disciplined and fit for such duties he enforced the hated rule of celibacy upon his clergy — Herbert Agar >
  < the mediator's request for troops to back up its resolutions and enforce the truce — Collier's Year Book >
  implement suggests performance of such acts as are necessary to bring into actual effect or operation some agreed-on plan or measure
  < the estimates of public accountants that the actual cost of implementing the bill would be about double the amount the president forecast — Current Biography >
  < he also urged that military equipment be given to the nations of Western Europe to implement the Brussels pact — Current Biography >
  < to implement the prison's group activities by providing films, books, and pamphlets — Saturday Review >
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