Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense polices, present participle policing, past tense, past participle policed
1N-SING-COLL [with singular or plural verb]警察部門;警察機關;警方 The police are the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law. 警察部門;警察機關;警方
The police are also looking for a second car.
警方也在尋找另一輛車。
Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances.
警方說騷亂發生後他們已逮捕了20人。
I noticed a police car shadowing us.
我注意到一輛警車尾随着我們。
SYN the law [informal], police force, constabulary, the fuzz [slang]
2N-PLURAL 警察Police are men and women who are members of the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law. 警察
More than one hundred police have ringed the area.
這一地區已被上百名警察包圍。
3VERB 維持…的治安;守衛;保衛 If the police or military forces police an area or event, they make sure that law and order is preserved in that area or at that event. 維持…的治安;守衛;保衛
...the tiny UN observer force whose job it is to police the border.