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- (formal)
to order or strongly advise somebody to do something; to say that a particular action or quality is necessary 命令；责令；嘱咐 - enjoin somebody to do something
The code enjoined members to trade fairly. 法规要求所有成员进行公平贸易。 - be enjoined on somebody
Fasting is enjoined on believers as a religious duty. 信奉禁食是信徒的一项宗教义务。
- enjoin somebody to do something
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law 法律 to legally prevent somebody from doing something, for example with an injunction 禁止
Word OriginMiddle English (formerly also as injoin): from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere ‘join, attach, impose’, from in- ‘in, towards’ + jungere ‘to join’.