enact

1. V-T When a government or authority enacts a proposal, they make it into a law. 通過[技術]

The authorities have failed so far to enact a law allowing unrestricted emigration. 當局到目前為止還未能通過一項允許自由移民出境的法律。

2. V-T If people enact a story or play, they perform it by acting. 表演.

She often enacted the stories told to her by her father. 她經(jīng)常把父親講給她的故事表演出來。

3. V-T If a particular event or situation is enacted, it happens; used especially to talk about something that has happened before. 發(fā)生 (尤指過去已發(fā)生的事件或情況)[journalism] [usu passive]

It was a scene enacted month after month for eight years. 這是8年來月復一月出現(xiàn)的場景。