1.Internet activists and human rights groups are criticising a decree that is set to go into effect in Vietnam on September 1st.
go into effect 生效
As a result, the Geneva settlement on Laos never went into effect.
結果,日內瓦會議關于老撾問題的解決辦法始終沒有真正生效 。
The law went into effect yesterday.
該部法律于昨日生效 。
2.Authorities seem to be using the tactic of singling out individual critical bloggers as a way of sending a signal to the larger community that this will not be tolerated.
single out 挑出;挑選
The gunman had singled Debilly out and waited for him.
槍手單單挑出德比利,并等著他出現 。
His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention.
他的頂頭上司專門提到他 。