police

1. N-SING-COLL 警察部门；警察机关；警方
   The police are the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
   1. The police are also looking for a second car...
      警方也在寻找另一辆车。
   2. Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances...
      警方说骚乱发生后他们已逮捕了20人。
   3. I noticed a police car shadowing us.
      我注意到一辆警车尾随着我们。
2. N-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.
   1. More than one hundred police have ringed the area.
      这一地区已被上百名警察包围。
3. See also: ...the tiny UN observer force whose job it is to police the border... The march was heavily policed. secret police
4. VERB 管理；监督
   If a person or group in authority polices a law or an area of public life, they make sure that what is done is fair and legal.
   1. ...IMRO, the self-regulatory body that polices the investment management business.
      投资管理监管组织，监督投资管理业务的自律机构

noun

1. 警察部门；警方
   an official organization whose job is to make people obey the law and to prevent and solve crime; the people who work for this organization
   1. A man was arrested by the police and held for questioning.
      一名男子被警方逮捕并拘押讯问。
   2. Get out of the house or I'll call the police .
      滚出这所房子，不然我就叫警察了。
   3. Police suspect a local gang.
      警方怀疑当地的一个不良帮派。
   4. a police car
      警车
   5. Hundreds of police in riot gear struggled to control the violence.
      数以百计的警察身披防暴装备，奋力镇压暴乱。

verb

1. 巡查；维护治安
   to go around a particular area to make sure that nobody is breaking the law there
   1. The border will be policed by UN officials.
      边境将由联合国官员巡查。
2. 监督；管制
   to make sure that a particular set of rules is obeyed
   1. The profession is policed by its own regulatory body.
      这个行业由其自律机构监督。