enacted
past simple and past participle ofenact
| 单词 | enacted |
| 释义 | enacted past simple and past participle ofenact enact verb uk/ɪˈnækt/us/ɪˈnækt/enactverb(MAKE LAW)[Toften passive]lawspecialized to put something intoaction,especiallyto make somethinglaw: Apackageofeconomicsanctionsis to be enacted against thecountry. UK politics: legislation & law-making
enactverb(PERFORM)[T]formal toperformastoryorplay: Thestoriesare enacted usingmusic,danceandmime. Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
Examplesofenactedenacted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. While the community care legislation wasenactedin 1990, full implementation was delayed until 1993. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, if legislators predict that bills will beenacted, they will vote for bills although they prefer to defeat bills. From theCambridge English Corpus Even (seemingly) unimportantenactedlaws change the status quo policy and have greater utility than dead important bills. From theCambridge English Corpus No bill wasenactedinto law at this session. From theCambridge English Corpus The president may also want to break political stalemates within her party or put pressure on her opponents to get her policiesenacted. From theCambridge English Corpus The deflationary policiesenactedin response to the depression led to severe cutbacks in metropolitan army effectives in the early 1930s. From theCambridge English Corpus Judges defer to legislators when the will of the latter is clearly expressed in statutes that have beenenactedin the procedurally correct way. From theCambridge English Corpus A good number of local constitutions have been reformed, and a few state laws on indigenous rights and culture have beenenacted. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time as landed income went up, parliamentenactedlegislation to limit patronage sources available to politicians. From theCambridge English Corpus This feedback effect from previouslyenactedpension policies is especially strong considering the pressures to limit the increase in payroll contributions. From theCambridge English Corpus This represents fewer new laws than wereenactedduring any previous decade since the 1960s. From theCambridge English Corpus In so doing, they created an arena within which the complex interplay of gendered sexualities wasenacted. From theCambridge English Corpus The actor is a creator and not dependent on the guidance of a director, who always remains external to theenacteddrama. From theCambridge English Corpus Or, put another way, curriculum must beenactedto exist. From theCambridge English Corpus Two additional slide sensors are positioned on the body (figure 2),enactedby the picking hand to shape the playback of live and recorded sounds. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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