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legislate v.制定法律；用立法规定 (1) 立法是议会的工作。(2) 他们承诺立法保护公民的隐私权。 Formal government bodies legislate. So, while you might create a rule at home to ban phone calls at dinner, the House of Representatives would legislate communication regulations during meals. Legislate may seem like a tricky word, but you can easily remember the meaning if you notice that the word begins with the same leg as the word legal does; both words relate to the law.

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英 ['ledʒɪsleɪt] 美 ['ledʒɪsleɪt] (1) It is the job of Parliament to legislate.(2) They promised to legislate to protect people's right to privacy. To legislate is to make laws. If you thought there should be a law that all money should be pink instead of green, you might write to your congresswoman with a suggestion to legislate your idea. 1[VERB 动词]立法；制定（或通过）法律 When a government or state legislates, it passes a new law.   [V against/for/on n]  [V to-inf]  [V n]  [Also V]  [FORMAL 正式]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。You cannot legislate to change attitudes.态度是不能用立法来改变的。...attempts to legislate a national energy strategy.为国家能源战略立法的努力

英语单词	legislate
英美音标	英 ['ledʒɪsleɪt] 美 ['ledʒɪsleɪt]
中文释义	v.制定法律；用立法规定
英语例句	(1) It is the job of Parliament to legislate. (2) They promised to legislate to protect people's right to privacy.
中文例句	(1) 立法是议会的工作。 (2) 他们承诺立法保护公民的隐私权。
vocabulary简明	To legislate is to make laws. If you thought there should be a law that all money should be pink instead of green, you might write to your congresswoman with a suggestion to legislate your idea.
vocabulary扩展	Formal government bodies legislate. So, while you might create a rule at home to ban phone calls at dinner, the House of Representatives would legislate communication regulations during meals. Legislate may seem like a tricky word, but you can easily remember the meaning if you notice that the word begins with the same leg as the word legal does; both words relate to the law.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]立法；制定（或通过）法律 When a government or state legislates, it passes a new law. [V against/for/on n] [V to-inf] [V n] [Also V] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 You cannot legislate to change attitudes. 态度是不能用立法来改变的。 ...attempts to legislate a national energy strategy. 为国家能源战略立法的努力

Legislate [V Government Word Law N 英 Ledʒɪsleɪt] 美