legislate

1. V-T/V-I When a government or state legislates, it passes a new law. 通過(guò) (法律); 立法[正式]

Most member countries have already legislated against excessive overtime. 大部分成員國(guó)已經(jīng)立法禁止過(guò)度加班。

You cannot legislate to change attitudes. 你不能靠立法來(lái)讓人們改變態(tài)度。