enact

动词 enact:

1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree
   同义词：ordain
2. act out; represent or perform as if in a play
   同义词：reenact, act out

1. Campaign finance reform is also the first hurdle for any health-care legislation. Lyndon Johnson was the only President with the political strength and savvy to drive major health reform through Congress. But he had to pay the private pipers to enact it.
   竞选财务改革也是医疗立法第一个需要克服的困难。约输逊是唯一有政治实力并且知道如何运用它以便获得国会通过重要的医疗改革的总统。可是为了要完成这项立法，他必须付出代价。
2. Having power to institute, establish, or enact.
   有设立权的有创建、建立或制订权力的
3. Several bills were enacted at the end of this session of Parliament.
   这届国会结束时，好几个议案制定成为法律。

en.act

v.tr.（及物动词）
en.act.ed,en.act.ing,en.acts
To make into law:
制定：制订成法律：
例句：
Congress enacted a tax reform bill.
国会使税收改革提案成为法律

To act (something) out, as on a stage:
扮演（某物），如在舞台上：
例句：
enacted the part of the parent.
扮演家长的角色

【引伸】
enact.able
adj.（形容词）
enac.tor
n.（名词）