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federalize

/fed-er-uh-lahyz/US // ˈfɛd ər əˌlaɪz //UK // (ˈfɛdərəˌlaɪz) //

联邦化,实现联邦化,联邦化,归化

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fed·er·al·ized, fed·er·al·iz·ing.

    • : to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
    • : to bring together in a federal union, as different states.

Examples

  • I'm not in favor of a bill that basically federalizes this zoning ordinance that should be done locally.

  • Kennedy made sure that the National Guard could be federalized in time to arrive on campus by the afternoon.

  • Bobby reported the standoff with Wallace to the president, who issued the order to federalize the Alabama National Guard.

  • Federal law permits a president to federalize the Guard under very limited circumstances, including when he is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”

  • If the president federalizes Guard troops, they are then under his control, not the governor’s.

  • We did everything with Europe except recognize its first weak effort to federalize itself on our model.