[treated as pl.](一般作 the police)the civil force of a state, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order 警察部队,警察,警方 ■members of a police force 警察 there are fewer women police than men. 女警察比男警察要少。 ■[with adj. or noun modifier]an organization engaged in the enforcement of official regulations in a specified domain 警察部门,警察机构 transport police. 交通警察。
verb
[with obj.][often as noun policing](of a police force) have the duty of maintaining law and order in or for (an area or event) (警察部队)在(某地区或事件)中维护治安 ■enforce regulations or an agreement in (a particular area or domain) 在(某地区或领域)监督执行(规定或协约) a UN resolution to use military force to police the no-fly zone. 使用武装力量监督执行禁飞区联合国决议。 ■enforce the provisions of (a law, agreement, or treaty) 执行(法律,协议,条约) the regulations will be policed by factory inspectors. 这些规定将由厂监来执行。
语源
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'public order'): from French, from medieval Latin politia 'citizenship, government' (see policy). Current senses date from the early 19th cent