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IELTS BNC: 3577 COCA: 3545

enforce

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
enforce /ɪnˈfoɚs/ verb
enforces; enforced; enforcing
enforce
/ɪnˈfoɚs/
verb
enforces; enforced; enforcing
Learner's definition of ENFORCE
[+ object]
: to make (a law, rule, etc.) active or effective : to make sure that people do what is required by (a law, rule, etc.)强制执行,强制实施(法律、规定等)
: to make (something) happen : to force or cause (something)强迫;迫使

— enforceable

/ɪnˈfoɚsəbəl/ adjective [more enforceable; most enforceable]

— enforcement

/ɪnˈfoɚsmənt/ noun [noncount]

— enforcer

/ɪnˈfoɚsɚ/ noun, plural enforcers [count]
IELTS BNC: 3577 COCA: 3545

enforce

verb

en·​force in-ˈfȯrs How to pronounce enforce (audio)
en-
enforced; enforcing; enforces

transitive verb

1
: to give force to : strengthen
2
: to urge with energy
enforce arguments
3
: constrain, compel
enforce obedience
4
obsolete : to effect or gain by force
5
: to carry out effectively
enforce laws
enforceability noun
enforceable adjective
enforcement noun

Example Sentences

Police will be enforcing the parking ban. the duty of the police is to enforce the law
Recent Examples on the Web The law was temporarily blocked in May, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and attorney general Dana Nessel have since said the state will take no action to enforce the law. Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 Congress is putting pressure on Customs and other agencies to enforce the law, said Brandon Daniels, chief executive of Exiger LLC, a company that offers supply-chain risk management software. Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 Law enforcement officers are to enforce the law and maintain public trust while doing so. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022 Yet by creating a situation where there is now little ability to enforce the law, Senate Bill 357 is de facto legalization of street prostitution — a goal some organizations want. Shelley Zimmerman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 Friday's order tells the state and county authorities to drop all attempts to enforce the 2009 state law and drop all mention of it from election literature. Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2022 The Court of Appeal, the nation’s highest court, declined to overturn Section 377A in February, ruling that the three men did not have legal standing because the government had pledged not to enforce the law. Richard C. Paddock, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 The Court of Appeal, the nation’s highest court, declined to overturn Section 377A in February, ruling that the three men did not have legal standing because the government had pledged not to enforce the law. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, 33rd, would forbid Chicago police from helping enforce any law from another jurisdiction that would impede the city’s values of bodily autonomy, according to the text. Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French enforcer, from en- + force force

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of enforce was in the 14th century
IELTS BNC: 3577 COCA: 3545
enforce

verb

ADVERB | VERB + ENFORCE ADVERBfully, rigidly, rigorously, strictly, stringently, vigorously全面實施;嚴格執行;強有力地實施The rules were strictly enforced.那些規定已嚴格執行。consistently始終如一地貫徹selectively有選擇地執行effectively, properly有效地/妥善地執行legally根據法律強制執行VERB + ENFORCEcan能實施The ban cannot be legally enforced.這項禁令實施起來並無法律依據。be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to難以實施;不可能實施help (to)有助於實施a system of local inspectors to help enforce presidential decrees有利於執行總統法令的地方監察員體制seek to, take steps to設法執行;採取措施實施The government may take steps to enforce compliance with the new measures.政府可能採取措施促使新規章的實施。decline to, refuse to拒絕實施

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