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单词 enjoin
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Definition of enjoin in English:

enjoin

verb ɛnˈdʒɔɪnɪnˈdʒɔɪn
  • 1with object and infinitive Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.

    命令;要求;吩咐

    the code enjoined members to trade fairly

    法规要求所有成员进行公平贸易。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In general, it enjoins us to refrain from all aggression and fraud, since both are seen as violations of human dignity, ways of fashioning human beings into tools for one's own ends.
    • I worked once on a research vessel in the Bahamas, and each afternoon at about three, a pod of dolphins surrounded the boat, enjoining us to come play.
    • At the same time, the ordinary workers were enjoined to toil even harder and sacrifice ever more in the name of national development.
    • The code also enjoins the rebels and the government to refrain from any provocative acts such as arrests, kidnapping and extortion.
    • Then a female voice breaks in with an advisory about the traffic jam, during which she enjoins drivers already trapped to give lifts to pedestrians.
    • Members are enjoined to study and to teach others.
    • More than three decades passed before Lewis enjoined his readers to utilize dumb-bells as instruments that would benefit their lungs, improve the condition of their hearts, and enhance their vigor.
    • So Allah enjoins Muslims to fight those people who create hurdles on the path of creating a peaceful and just society.
    • He enjoined investors to change their attitude and become socially responsible to improve ordinary people's quality of life.
    • This wonderful statement enjoins us to understand that in political matters there can be no single ‘university position’ or voice.
    • They enjoin members to be ‘gentle and compassionate, kind and courteous’.
    Synonyms
    urge, encourage, try to persuade, adjure, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on
    instruct, order, command, direct, give the order to, give the command to, tell, require, call on, demand, charge, warn
    entreat, exhort, implore, appeal to, beg, beseech, plead with, nag
    informal put the heat on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm, railroad into, bulldoze into
    literary bid
    1. 1.1with object Prescribe (an action or attitude) to be performed or adopted.
      规定实施,规定采取(某种行动或态度)
      the charitable deeds enjoined on him by religion

      宗教信仰规定他做的慈善事情。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The first is to explain why - if moral action is a hindrance to nirvana - the texts continually enjoin the performance of good deeds.
      • All happens only by the will of Allah and the acceptance of this reality is enjoined on the believers.
      • Fasting is one of the five ‘pillars of Islam’ and is enjoined on everyone who has reached puberty.
      Synonyms
      stipulate, lay down, dictate, specify, impose, set down, determine, establish, fix, formulate, appoint, decree, order, command, pronounce, ordain, require, direct, make provision for, promulgate
    2. 1.2enjoin someone fromLaw with object Prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction.
      〔律〕(通过颁发禁令)禁止某人做(某事)
      he was enjoined from using the patent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the meantime, Mr. Meyer is enjoined from in any way further interfering with the flow of water in the channel from the plaintiffs’ land across his land.
      • The Florida Supreme Court overruled her and enjoined her from certifying.
      • It's called separation of church and state; more explicitly, that our constitution specifically enjoins government from promoting one religion rather than another.
      • With respect to the military commissions, we were enjoined from going forward with military commissions by a district court order.
      • It has acquired a tape of the hearing before Judge Alvarez which resulted in a thirteen year old girl being enjoined from having an abortion.
      Synonyms
      prohibit, ban, bar, prevent, inhibit, interdict
      forbid to
      Law restrain

Derivatives

  • enjoinment

  • nounɛnˈdʒɔɪnm(ə)ntɪnˈdʒɔɪnm(ə)nt
    • The plaintiffs say its search service relies on methods that are too similar to their system, and are demanding an enjoinment and damages.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And the terms of reference will include an enjoinment that they stay at the tactical headquarters.

Origin

Middle English (formerly also as injoin): from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere 'join, attach, impose', from in- 'in, towards' + jungere 'to join'.

Rhymes

adjoin, Boulogne, coign, coin, conjoin, Des Moines, Dordogne, groin, groyne, join, loin, purloin, quoin, subjoin

Definition of enjoin in US English:

enjoin

verb
  • 1with object and infinitive Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.

    命令;要求;吩咐

    with object and infinitive the code enjoined members to trade fairly

    法规要求所有成员进行公平贸易。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In general, it enjoins us to refrain from all aggression and fraud, since both are seen as violations of human dignity, ways of fashioning human beings into tools for one's own ends.
    • They enjoin members to be ‘gentle and compassionate, kind and courteous’.
    • This wonderful statement enjoins us to understand that in political matters there can be no single ‘university position’ or voice.
    • At the same time, the ordinary workers were enjoined to toil even harder and sacrifice ever more in the name of national development.
    • He enjoined investors to change their attitude and become socially responsible to improve ordinary people's quality of life.
    • The code also enjoins the rebels and the government to refrain from any provocative acts such as arrests, kidnapping and extortion.
    • Then a female voice breaks in with an advisory about the traffic jam, during which she enjoins drivers already trapped to give lifts to pedestrians.
    • So Allah enjoins Muslims to fight those people who create hurdles on the path of creating a peaceful and just society.
    • More than three decades passed before Lewis enjoined his readers to utilize dumb-bells as instruments that would benefit their lungs, improve the condition of their hearts, and enhance their vigor.
    • I worked once on a research vessel in the Bahamas, and each afternoon at about three, a pod of dolphins surrounded the boat, enjoining us to come play.
    • Members are enjoined to study and to teach others.
    Synonyms
    urge, encourage, try to persuade, adjure, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on
    1. 1.1 Prescribe (an action or attitude) to be performed or adopted.
      规定实施,规定采取(某种行动或态度)
      the charitable deeds enjoined on him by religion

      宗教信仰规定他做的慈善事情。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • All happens only by the will of Allah and the acceptance of this reality is enjoined on the believers.
      • The first is to explain why - if moral action is a hindrance to nirvana - the texts continually enjoin the performance of good deeds.
      • Fasting is one of the five ‘pillars of Islam’ and is enjoined on everyone who has reached puberty.
      Synonyms
      stipulate, lay down, dictate, specify, impose, set down, determine, establish, fix, formulate, appoint, decree, order, command, pronounce, ordain, require, direct, make provision for, promulgate
    2. 1.2enjoin someone fromLaw Prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction.
      〔律〕(通过颁发禁令)禁止某人做(某事)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With respect to the military commissions, we were enjoined from going forward with military commissions by a district court order.
      • In the meantime, Mr. Meyer is enjoined from in any way further interfering with the flow of water in the channel from the plaintiffs’ land across his land.
      • It has acquired a tape of the hearing before Judge Alvarez which resulted in a thirteen year old girl being enjoined from having an abortion.
      • The Florida Supreme Court overruled her and enjoined her from certifying.
      • It's called separation of church and state; more explicitly, that our constitution specifically enjoins government from promoting one religion rather than another.
      Synonyms
      prohibit, ban, bar, prevent, inhibit, interdict

Origin

Middle English (formerly also as injoin): from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere ‘join, attach, impose’, from in- ‘in, towards’ + jungere ‘to join’.

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