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单词 police force
释义
police force
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/pəˈliːs ˌfɔːs/us
/pəˈliːs ˌfɔːrs/
thepolicein acountryorarea:
警察，警力
Moreyoungpeopleareneededtojointhepoliceforce.需要更多的青年加入到警察队伍中来。
the MetropolitanPoliceForce大伦敦警察局
Synonym
constabulary
See also
forcenoun(GROUP)
policenoun
More examples
  • He's in thepoliceforce.
  • Theproblemlieswith thepoliceforceitself.
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The police generally
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  • kettle
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  • patrol car
  • secret police
  • Special Branch
  • station house
  • SWAT team
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(Definition ofpolice forcefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

police force| American Dictionary

police force
noun[C]
us
/pəˈlis ˌfɔrs/
thegroupofpeoplewho areemployedas police in acity,region, orstate
(Definition ofpolice forcefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpolice force

police force
He consolidated and clarified a host of statutes, abolished obsolete offences, made significant procedural changes, and introduced a professionalpoliceforce.
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Soldiers now clearly did make up the backbone of thepoliceforcein free cities.
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In addition, some categories of workers have their own special pension schemes : bank employees, notaries, self-employed university graduates, armed forces personnel andpoliceforcepersonnel.
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They do not have access to # official disciplinary structures, for example, in the form of a localpoliceforce.
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On the following day, after several tens of thousands of demonstrators had gathered, the army was mobilized to support the localpoliceforce.
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Another example is how increasing thepoliceforceaffects crime.
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Policing is a contentious issue for nationalists, and despite recent reforms, many continue to regard the (new)policeforcewith suspicion.
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The omission might be rectified by, for example, researchers systematically assessing organisational developments in a specificpoliceforce, or tracing the political economy of policing.
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It hadn't happened during the war or in thepoliceforcewhen he was young.
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His initial overview of governmental systems,policeforcepeculiarities, intellectual histories, and religious traditions turns out to be simplistic and hardly systematised.
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An expatriate population takes care of that by managing civil offices, thepoliceforce, prisons, schools, hospitals, and all public services and commercial enterprises.
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Interestingly, this rivalry unfolded with some reference to the creation of a nationalpoliceforce.
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They dominated municipal boards, controlled the localpoliceforceand acted as judicial magistrates of mill towns.
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Others could include a large demonstration to back the wage demands of teachers and a home-grownpoliceforce.
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In an attempt to fashion a clear strategy the administration referred the matter to the colonialpoliceforce.
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