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词汇 self-policing
释义 self-policing
noun[ U ]
(alsoselfpolicing)uk /ˌself.pəˈliː.sɪŋ/ us /ˌself.pəˈliː.sɪŋ/
a situation where an area, organization, industry, etc. is itself responsible for making sure that the rules governing it are obeyed, rather than depending on an outside body :
He said that if self-policing doesn't work, the state needs to consider raising penalties.
The industry relies chiefly on its own voluntary self-policing policies to report possible offenders.
City officials note a worrying increase in juvenile offending, especially in the new suburbs where the self-policing of the old local communities is absent.
Cheating is the most serious of all golfing sins because it undermines the sport's essential self-policing nature.
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