• n. 警察，警方；治安
• vt. 監(jiān)督；管轄；維持治安；為…配備警察
• adj. 警察的；有關(guān)警察的

來自拉丁語politia,城市管理，來自希臘語polis,城市，詞源同policy,polity.該詞為policy對詞，后用于指警察。

police

police: [16] Etymologically, the police are in charge of the administration of a ‘city’. In fact, police is essentially the same word as policy ‘plan of action’. Both go back to Latin polītīa ‘civil administration’, a descendant of Greek pólis ‘city’. In medieval Latin a variant polītia emerged, which became French police.

English took it over, and at first continued to use it for ‘civil administration’ (Edmund Burke as late as 1791 described the Turks as ‘a(chǎn) barbarous nation, with a barbarous neglect of police, fatal to the human race’). Its specific application to the administration of public order emerged in France in the early 18th century, and the first body of public-order officers to be named police in England was the Marine Police, a force set up around 1798 to protect merchandise in the Port of London.
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police (n.)

c. 1530, at first essentially the same word as policy (n.1); from Middle French police (late 15c.), from Latin politia "civil administration," from Greek polis "city" (see polis).

Until mid-19c. used in England for "civil administration;" application to "administration of public order" (1716) is from French (late 17c.), and originally in English referred to France or other foreign nations. The first force so-named in England was the Marine Police, set up 1798 to protect merchandise at the Port of London. Police state "state regulated by means of national police" first recorded 1865, with reference to Austria. Police action in the international sense of "military intervention short of war, ostensibly to correct lawlessness" is from 1933. Police officer is attested from 1800. Police station is from 1817.

police (v.)

"to keep order in," 1580s, from Middle French policer, from police (see police (n.)). Meaning "to keep order by means of police" is from 1837. Related: Policed; policing.

1. The mystery hero imme-diately alerted police after spotting a bomb.

那個無名英雄發(fā)現(xiàn)炸彈后馬上報了警。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived.

然后他反扭住那名男子的手臂讓他動彈不得，直到警察趕到。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Police said permission for the march had not been granted.

警方說游行并未得到批準。

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4. The crowds became violent and threw petrol bombs at the police.

人群變得狂暴起來，并向警察投擲汽油彈。

來自柯林斯例句

5. He was returned to prison in 1977 for impersonating a police officer.

他1977年因冒充警官而再次入獄。

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