enjoin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++en·join /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/ verb [transitive] 1 formalTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something to order or try to persuade someone to do something 命令，责令；告诫enjoin somebody to do something The organisation has been enjoined to end all restrictions. 该组织已被责令解除所有限制。2 SCLFORBID law to legally prevent someone from doing something 禁止〔某人〕做〔某事〕enjoin somebody from doing something The defendant was enjoined from using the patent. 被告被禁止使用这项专利。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
enjoin• This was a disreputable subterfuge, yet it appears that the same sort of procedure is enjoined by the new Act.• And a culture that enjoined girls to behave themselves.• She enjoined her husband to help catch the quick cookie.• The initiative passed by a wide margin, but initial court rulings have enjoined its enforcement.• He enjoined them to keep the faith and went back to the bar.• In Victorian times more than now boys were enjoined to be little men.Origin enjoin (1200-1300) Old French enjoindre, from Latin jungere “to join”en·join verbChineseSyllable
to try to persuade to or something someone order Corpus do
enjoin
en‧join /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/
verb [transitive]
enjoin somebody to do something
The organisation has been enjoined to end all restrictions.
2. law to legally prevent someone from doing something
enjoin somebody from doing something
The defendant was enjoined from using the patent.
en‧join /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/
verb [transitive] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: enjoindre, from Latin jungere __to join__
1. formal to order or try to persuade someone to do somethingLanguage: Old French
Origin: enjoindre, from Latin jungere __to join__
enjoin somebody to do something
2. law to legally prevent someone from doing something
enjoin somebody from doing something