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enact an ordinance
enact 常用于正式立法行为。
The city council enacted an ordinance banning plastic bags.
市议会颁布了一项禁止塑料袋的条例。
法令；条例
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法令；条例
an authoritative rule
The city council enacted an ordinance banning plastic bags.
市议会颁布了一项禁止塑料袋的条例。
教会规定的宗教实践或仪式。
A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
权威性规则
an authoritative rule
城市政府制定的法规
a statute enacted by a city government
授予或接受圣职的行为
the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
The city council passed an ordinance that bans loud music after 10 p.m.
市议会通过了一项法令，禁止晚上10点以后大声播放音乐。
Under the new ordinance, all restaurants must recycle their cooking oil.
根据新条例，所有餐厅必须回收其烹饪用油。
Residents complained, so the town introduced an ordinance to control street parking.
居民抱怨后，该镇出台了一条管理路边停车的条例。
enact 常用于正式立法行为。
The city council enacted an ordinance banning plastic bags.
市议会颁布了一项禁止塑料袋的条例。
Under the new ordinance, all restaurants must display calorie counts.
根据新条例，所有餐馆必须标出卡路里含量。
The ordinance that limits noise after 10 p.m. is strictly enforced.
限制晚上10点后噪音的条例被严格执行。
Not this
The city passed a new ordnance about noise.
Use this
The city passed a new ordinance about noise.
Ordnance 意为“军火”，而 ordinance 才是“法令”；两者拼写不同，含义完全不同。
Not this
The government ordinated a new law.
Use this
The government enacted a new ordinance.
Ordinance 是名词，不能用作动词；表示“颁布法令”应使用动词 enact。
Not this
In the new ordinance, smoking is banned.
Use this
Under the new ordinance, smoking is banned.
表示“根据某法令”时，介词应用 under，而非 in。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
市政条例
The city council passed a new city ordinance banning smoking in parks.
市议会通过了一项新的市政条例，禁止在公园吸烟。
分区条例
The zoning ordinance restricts commercial buildings to the downtown area.
分区条例将商业建筑限制在市中心区域。
教会礼仪
Baptism is considered a church ordinance in many denominations.
在许多教派中，洗礼被视为一种教会礼仪。
执行法规
The police are responsible for enforcing the city's noise ordinance.
警方负责执行该市的噪音法规。
违反条例
He was fined for violating the housing ordinance.
他因违反住房条例而被罚款。
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由 order（命令）联想：ordinance 就是政府法令，也是教会仪式。
语域：formal 常见场景：市政法规、法律条文、政府公告 ordinance 指“法令、条例”时通常用于正式的市政或法律语境，多出现在城市法规、法律条文和官方文件中；日常口语中较少使用。
No common word rhymes exactly with /ˈɔrdənəns/. 'Resonance' shares only the unstressed final /ənəns/ and has a different stressed vowel. Watch out for spelling lookalikes: 'ordnance' /ˈɔrdnəns/ has two syllables and drops the middle vowel; 'ordinary' /ˈɔrdəneri/ shares 'ordin-' but ends /eri/; 'ordination' moves the stress to /ˌɔrdəˈneɪʃən/.
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