警察用英文表示为police，其英式读音为[pəˈliːs]，美式读音为[pəˈliːs]。police可作名词和及物动词两种词性，基本含义除了“警察”之外，还有“警察部门”、“巡查”、“维护治安”、“监督”、“管制”等意思。
police的基本含义及用法介绍
1、作为名词时，译为警察部门;警方。
例句：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。
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。
The police are also looking for a second car...
警方也在寻找另一辆车。
More than one hundred police have ringed the area.
这一地区已被上百名警察包围。
The local police found her story didn't check out.
当地警方证实她的说法不成立。
He asked to be put under police protection.
他请求警方保护。
The police have launched a major operation against drug suppliers.
警方发动了一次打击毒贩的大规模行动。
2、作为及物动词时，译为巡查;维护治安;监督;管制。
例句：The border will be policed by UN officials.
边境将由联合国官员巡查。
The profession is policed by its own regulatory body.
这个行业由其自律机构监督。
No one has to police it because no one needs to.
无需监督执行，因为所有人都遵守这项约定。
Can I come back to the question of policing once again?
我能再回到维护治安的问题上来吗？
It's almost impossible to police material sent over the internet.
对因特网上传输的材料进行管制几乎是不可能的。
