enjoin
Word family nounenjoinerenjoinmentverbenjoin
en·join /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/ verb [transitiveT] 1 formalTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something to order or try to persuade someone to do something 命令,责令;告诫enjoin somebody to do something The organisation has been enjoined to end all restrictions. 该组织已被责令解除所有限制。
2 SCLFORBID law to legally prevent someone from doing something 禁止〔某人〕做〔某事〕enjoin somebody from doing something The defendant was enjoined from using the patent. 被告被禁止使用这项专利。
Origin enjoin (1200-1300) Old French enjoindre, from Latin jungere “to join”