legislate的意思和读音

legislate

: [ˈledʒɪˌsleɪt] : ['ledʒɪ.sleɪt]

v.

legislates  legislating  legislated  

v.enact,pass,lay down the law,establish,decree

legislatev.

1.[i]~ (for/against/on sth)to make a law affecting sth

The government will legislate against discrimination in the workplace.

You can't legislate against bad luck!

They promised to legislate to protect people's right to privacy.

v.1.,2....

v.1.to control something by creating a law about it2.to create a new law and have it officially accepted

1. relegate v legislate v legislation n ...

2. legionnaire legislate legislative ...

3. legal a.1. () 2., legislate v.1. 2. ...

4. ... 湿 decay legislate wander ...

6. ... legacy, , legislate, loyal, , ...

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1.AIB said it had been legally obliged to pay the bonuses, but that Lenihan has said he will now legislate on the issue.

2.He might as well have tried to legislate the word "dream" out of American public discourse. Dreams? Reality?

3.Before the fire government had mostly stayed away from business feeling it had no power to legislate it.

4.Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading. "”。

5.Thanks to much effort on the part of many well-intentioned people, America is prepared to legislate to control carbon.

6.We also have government bureaucracies trying to legislate for or against Net Neutrality and spam.

7.Old frameworks and political structures will not be able to legislate by custom, treaty or domestic statute at the pace cyberthreats evolve.

8.It might be moved to legislate if it thinks the EPA is being too heavy-handed.EPA

9.They do not, however-and, indeed, they cannot-legislate for the commercial and financial standing of the CTO.

10.Exerting almost limitless effort to ensure the Senate would legislate on this or that pet project of his, his zeal was legendary.