codify
/'kәudifai/
📖 中文释义
- vt. 编成法典
- [法] 使成文法化, 编成法典, 编纂
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
💬 双语例句
NEW DELHI – A number of seemingly unrelated controversies in India actually have one important element in common: They all relate to criminal offenses codified by India’s British imperial rulers in the mid-nineteenth century that India has proved unable or unwilling to outgrow.
The international legal gold standard is a treaty, a binding document that can be enforced by courts and arbitration tribunals. Such agreements comprise more than expressions of intent; they contain codified, enforceable rules, along with sanctions for non-compliance.
One can’t get a manicure in Amsterdam without booking an appointment two weeks in advance, but men can buy sex anytime – and at an attractive price. The legalization of prostitution in October 2000 merely codified a long-standing Dutch tradition of tolerance towards buying and selling sex.
阿姆斯特丹-卖淫大概是荷兰个人服务业中唯一有效率的部分。 在阿姆斯特丹,在没有提前两周预约的情况下,修个指甲都不行,但是,男性却可以在任何时候买到性 — — 并且价格还很具有吸引力。 荷兰在2000年10月将卖淫合法化,只不过是将荷兰长期存在的容忍卖淫嫖娼的传统条文化而已。 但是,将卖淫合法化是解决问题的正确途径吗?
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law