legislate

IPA/ˈledʒɪsleɪt/
KK[lˈɛdʒɪslˌet]IPA/ˈledʒɪsleɪt/

legislate — verb

  • legislatepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • legislateshe / she / it
  • legislatedpast simple
  • legislating-ing form

1. To create official laws, usually through action by a parliament, congress, or ot

1.動詞不及物C1
釋義

To create official laws, usually through action by a parliament, congress, or other lawmaking body.

例句

After months of debate, parliament legislated against single-use plastic bags.

legislate against + noun

The new council promised to legislate on safer housing standards this year.

legislate on + issue

同義詞
  • enact

    Usually focuses on formally passing a law, while legislate can describe the broader act of lawmaking.

  • make laws

    A plainer phrase with the same core meaning, but less formal than legislate.

  • regulate

    Broader; rules can be set without passing a full law, so it is not always the same as legislate.

反義詞
  • repeal

    To remove an existing law instead of creating one.

文法句型

legislate on + issue

legislate against + noun

legislate to + verb

用法筆記

Subject is usually a government, parliament, congress, or similar official body. It often appears with on + issue, against + activity, or to + verb when the purpose of the law is stated.

常見錯誤

❌The minister legislated a new tax yesterday.
✅Parliament legislated to introduce a new tax yesterday.
💡legislate is usually intransitive, so the law itself is not the direct object.
❌Our school legislated a phone rule last week.
✅Our school made a rule about phones last week.
💡legislate is mainly used for formal state lawmaking, not ordinary school or office rules.