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enact

verb
 
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🔊/ɪˈnækt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they enact
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he / she / it enacts
🔊/ɪˈnækts/
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past simple enacted
🔊/ɪˈnæktɪd/
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past participle enacted
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-ing form enacting
🔊/ɪˈnæktɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [often passive] (law法律) to pass a law通过（法律）
    • (be) enacted (by somebody/something) legislation enacted by parliament由议会通过的法律
  2. [often passive] (formal) to perform a play or act a part in a play扮演；担任…角色；演出
    • (be) enacted (by somebody) scenes from history enacted by local residents由当地居民演出的历史场面
    Topics Film and theatrec2
  3. be enacted
     (formal) to take place发生；进行；举行 see also re-enact synonym play out
    • They seemed unaware of the drama being enacted a few feet away from them.他们对于正在咫尺之外上演的戏剧性事件似乎浑然不知。🔊🔊
  4. enact something (formal) to put something into practice把…付诸实践；实施
    • This involves identifying problems and enacting solutions.这需要找出问题并解决问题。
    5. Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as inact): from en-, in-, + act, suggested by medieval Latin inactare, inactitare.