police
n
(the) police [pl v]
(members of an) official organization whose job is to keep public order, prevent and solve crime, etc 警方; 警察部门; 警察
the local, state, national, etc police 地方、 州、 国家等的警察部门
There were over 100 police on duty at the demonstration. 游行期间有100多名警察值勤.
The police have not made any arrests. 警方未逮捕任何人.
[attrib 作定语]
a police car, enquiry, raid, report 警车、 警方的询问、 警方的突击搜查、 警方的报告. police, v [Tn] keep order in (a place) with or as if with police; control 维持(某地)的治安; 监督
The teachers on duty are policing the school buildings during the lunch hour. 在午饭时间, 值班教师负责维持校内秩序.
(fig 比喻) a committee to police the new regulations, ie make sure they are obeyed 监督实施新规章的委员会.
Ours is a fairly new country, so our cities and towns are modern.
我们的国家是个很新的国家,所以我们的城镇很现代化。
If you want to send a letter to an office abroad that is in a different time zone, you can send a fax, and it will be received even though the office is not open.
如果你要寄信到不同时区的国外办公室,你可以发个传真,即使办公室不开门,信也会被收到。
One moment we were walking along the top of a hill and now we could see no more than about thirty metres ahead of us.