柯林斯詞典legislate /?l?d??s?le?t/ (legislating,legislated,legislates) 1. V-T/V-I When a government or state legislates, it passes a new law. 通過 (法律); 立法[正式] Most member countries have already legislated against excessive overtime. 大部分成員國已經(jīng)立法禁止過度加班。 You cannot legislate to change attitudes. 你不能靠立法來讓人們改變態(tài)度。 返回 legislate劍橋詞典If a government legislates, it makes a new law . 立法 They promised to legislate against cigarette advertising . 他們承諾要立法來打擊香菸廣告。 It's hard to legislate for (= make a law that will protect ) the ownership of an idea . 通過立法來保護(hù)創(chuàng)意所有權(quán)非常睏難。 返回 legislate