enforce

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If people in authority enforce a law or a rule, they make sure that it is obeyed, usually by punishing people who do not obey it. 施行
Boulder was one of the first cities in the nation to enforce a ban on smoking. 博爾德是該國率先施行禁菸令的城市之一。
2. V-T To enforce something means to force or cause it to be done or to happen. 強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行
They struggled to limit the cost by enforcing a low-tech specification. 他們通過強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行一種低技術(shù)槼範(fàn)來竭力限制成本。

The army were called out to enforce the curfew .
Aircraft will enforce the no-fly zone to protect UN forces on the ground .
The new law was generally admitted to be difficult to enforce.
It is the job of the inspectors to enforce compliance with the regulations .
The changes to the tax system proved impracticable as they were impossible to enforce.