legislate

英 [ˈledʒɪsleɪt]

美 [ˈledʒɪsleɪt]

v.  制定法律; 立法

现在分词：legislating　过去分词：legislated　过去式：legislated　第三人称单数：legislates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11880 / COCA.12493

牛津词典

verb

• 制定法律；立法
  to make a law affecting sth
  1. The government will legislate against discrimination in the workplace.
     政府将制定法律，在工作场所禁止歧视。
  2. You can't legislate against bad luck!
     你无法用立法手段来阻止噩运！
  3. They promised to legislate to protect people's right to privacy.
     他们承诺立法保护公民的隐私权。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 立法；制定（或通过）法律
  When a government or statelegislates, it passes a new law.
  1. Most member countries have already legislated against excessive overtime...
     大多数成员国均已立法禁止超时加班。
  2. You cannot legislate to change attitudes.
     态度是不能用立法来改变的。
  3. ...attempts to legislate a national energy strategy.
     为国家能源战略立法的努力

英英释义

verb

• make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
  1. They passed the amendment
  2. We cannot legislate how people spend their free time
  Synonym:pass

双语例句

• All of the governments around the world should legislate to protect the environment.
  世界上所有的政府都应该立法来保护环境。
• Parliament must legislate against fox-hunting.
  议会必须制订法律禁止猎狐。
• In the legislative practice, phenomenon of going beyond one's commission to legislate is seen more frequently;
  在立法实践中，越权立法的现象不时可见；
• Existing national and local laws and regulations have no provisions on "puppy love". Heilongjiang is the first province to so legislate.
  现行的国家和其他地方的法律法规中，并没有关于“早恋”的规定。黑龙江省成为首个对“早恋”问题进行立法的省。
• Our sovereign right to legislate has been eroded away.
  我们的立法主权已被侵蚀殆尽。
• Parliament may legislate on any matter of penal law.
  议会可以对刑事法律的任何事项立法。
• It is very difficult to legislate against racism.
  很难立法来反种族歧视。
• We also have government bureaucracies trying to legislate for or against Net Neutrality and spam.
  我们也有政府官僚机构试图立法支持或反对网络中立性和垃圾邮件。
• The FSA is trying to legislate through the back door, said a senior London-based banker.
  伦敦一名高级银行家表示：FSA正试图通过走后门立法。
• Though it's impossible to legislate high self-esteem, our own self-esteem has huge implications for our life paths.
  虽然要对高自尊制定法律不可能；但是我们自己的自尊对自己的人生道路确有很大的后果影响。