police

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime. plural,plural-normally
    — There are nine Principles of Police: ... 7 To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence.
  2. A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.; A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement. Canada,US,historical,plural,plural-normally
    — The Cook County Sheriff's Department has jurisdiction across most of Chicago but focuses on the unincorporated area and tasks like prisoner transport, leaving the rest to the Chicago Police Department.
  3. A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.; A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory. UK,plural,plural-normally
    — Scotland Yard is, technically speaking, only the metropolitan police for Greater London but because of their importance they have special jurisdiction for some crimes across the United Kingdom.
  4. A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.; Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government. Australia,New-Zealand,plural,plural-normally
  5. The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer. plural,plural-normally,plural-only,usually
    — Pearlman: Very clever, Lester. You got it all figured, huh? Freamon: Me? I'm just a police.
  6. People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police. derogatory,figuratively,ironic,mildly,plural
    — Who called the fashion police?
  7. Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty. plural,plural-normally,slang
    — Q. […] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters. Q. You had been on guard and went on police duty? You were policing, cleaning up around the barracks? — A. Yes, sir.
  8. Synonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society. archaic,plural,plural-normally
    — The notion of ‘police’ – that is, rational administration – was seen as a historical force which could bring civilized improvement to societies.
  9. Alternative form of policy. alt-of,alternative,obsolete,plural,plural-normally
  10. Alternative form of polity, civilization, a regulated community. alt-of,alternative,obsolete,plural,plural-normally
动词 v.
  1. To enforce the law and keep order among (a group). transitive
    — Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.
  2. To clean up an area. ambitransitive,slang
    — This comes to him through the company housekeeping, for in the field each organization takes care of itself, cooks its own food, makes its own beds, does its own policing (cleaning up); […]
  3. To enforce norms or standards upon. figuratively,transitive
    — to police a person's identity

词形变化

police singular polices present,singular,third-person policing participle,present policed participle,past policed past

词汇关系

近义词
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下位词
Gardai Guards LAPD Met NYPD RCMP Scotland Yard Sûreté CID CSI flying squad SOCO Special Branch SWAT
衍生词
antipolice armed police call the police chief of police community police officer cyberpolice depolice fanpol fashion police field police fire police FTP fuck the police fun police grammar police haram police identity police I'll call the police Interpol judicial police language police military police morality police moral police mounted police nonpolice overpolice parapolice pawlice piglice polac policeable police action police ambulance police and thief police barrier police beat police blotter policeboat police box police boy police brutality police burgh police captain police car police chief police clearance certificate police commissioner police constable police court police department police detective police dog policedom police escort police force policeism police jury policeless police lieutenant policelike police line police lives matter police magistrate policeman police man police office police officer police one's brass policeperson police positive police power police procedural police protection police record police report police scanner police science police search advisor police sergeant police service police sketch policespeak police special police squad police state police station police tape police up police van police village police violence police wagon policewear policewoman policework police work policial policiary prepolice pretty police religious police riot police riot police officer secret police security police service police Sharia police special police state police Syariah police thought police time police tone police tourist police traffic police water police counterpolice hyperpolice self-police tone policing underpolice
相关词
policy polis politic political politically politician politicisation politicise politicization politicize politics polity authority power beat manor patch long arm of the law
部分词
police officer police vehicle charpering carsey cop shop nick police station precinct

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis
Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)
Ancient Greek πολῑ́της (polī́tēs)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā)bor.
Latin politiabor.
Middle French policeder.
English police
From Middle French police, from Latin polītīa (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Doublet of policy, polis (“police”), and polity.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis
Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)
Ancient Greek πολῑ́της (polī́tēs)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā)bor.
Latin politiabor.
Middle French policeder.
English police
From Middle French police, from Latin polītīa (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Doublet of policy, polis (“police”), and polity.
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