ordinance

n. 条例；法令；圣餐礼

中文词源

ordinance 命令，法令，条例

来自拉丁语ordinare,安排，布置，指定，词源同order.引申词义命令，法令，条例等。

ordinance (n.): c. 1300, "an authoritative direction, decree, or command" (narrower or more transitory than a law), from Old French ordenance (Modern French ordonnance) or directly from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinantem (nominative ordinans), present participle of ordinare "put in order" (see ordain). By early 14c. senses had emerged of "arrangement in ranks or rows" (especially in order of battle), also "warlike provisions, equipment" (a sense now in ordnance).

1. ordain =》ordinance.

1. Judging the legality of the ordinance is within the province of the courts.: 判决这条法令是否合法是由法院来决定的.

2. The French Foreign Legion was founded by a Royal Ordinance, written on a small piece of official Prench War Office notepaper dated March 9 th, 1931.: 法国外籍兵团是按照皇家的一项法令建立的, 这项法令记录在一小页法国陆军部公函信笺上, 日期是1931年3月9日.

3. South Carolina passed an " ordinance of secession ", and prepared for war.: 南卡罗来纳州通过了 “ 脱离联邦法令 ”, 准备打仗.

4. Penn Central involved a New York historic preservation ordinance.: 宾州的运输受到了纽约州一项历史文物保护法规的牵连.

5. Then introduce your ordinance, and we'll see what can be done.: 然后把你的章程提出来, 我们来看看有什么办法.