Governments cannot legislate away popular prejudices . They can , though , encourage change .
政府不能通过立法改变大众的观念,但是他们可以,提倡改变。
Most private-sector creditors will agree to swallow a big loss on their holdings of greek bonds ; and greece will legislate to ensure that hold-out creditors are forced to accept the same terms .
The administration has been holding the threat of epa regulation over congress : if you don 't legislate , the message goes , we regulate .
最高法院抓着环保署的调控来威胁国会:如果你不立法,我们调控。
He added that a " legislate and enforce " strategy was the only way to protect the intellectual property rights of content producers .
他补充道,“立法与执法”策略将是唯一有效保护知识创造者的知识产权的方法。
Some will force companies to sell greener products ( for example , by banning the sale of incandescent light bulbs ) . Others will legislate on executive pay , or oblige banks to lend money in ways the state deems desirable .
In a world characterized by technologically driven change , we necessarily legislate after the fact , perpetually scrambling to catch up , while the core architectures of the future , increasingly , are erected by entities like google .
In the west , if governments want corporates to distribute more of their profits to labour ( which they surely do ) they have to beg , legislate or take the money in taxes and redistribute it themselves .