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n.

vt.& vi.

vt.

  • 易混淆的单词：LAW  Law  

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1. N-SING 法律（体系）；法律界人士 The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime, business agreements, and social relationships. You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system. 

  • Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law...

    猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。

  • They are seeking permission to begin criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties...

    他们正寻求取得对他提起刑事诉讼的许可令，以控告他违反了有关政党资助的法律。

  • There must be changes in the law quickly to stop this sort of thing ever happening to anyone else...

    我们必须迅速修订法律，以杜绝此类事情发生在其他人身上。

2. N-UNCOUNT （用于指某一种法律）刑法/公司法 Law is used to refer to a particular branch of the law, such as criminal law or company law. 

  • He was a professor of criminal law at Harvard University law school...

    他是哈佛大学法学院的刑法学教授。

  • Under international law, diplomats living in foreign countries are exempt from criminal prosecution...

    根据国际法，驻外外交官员免受刑事检控。

  • Important questions of constitutional law were involved.

    其中涉及到有关宪法的一些重大问题。

3. N-COUNT （针对某种协议、关系或罪行的）法律，法 A law is one of the rules in a system of law which deals with a particular type of agreement, relationship, or crime. 

  • ...the country's liberal political asylum law...

    该国开明的政治庇护法

  • The law was passed on a second vote.

    此法在第二次表决时通过。

4. N-PLURAL （组织或活动的）规则，规章，条例 The laws of an organization or activity are its rules, which are used to organize and control it. 

  • ...the laws of the Church of England...

    英国国教会的教规

  • Match officials should not tolerate such behaviour but instead enforce the laws of the game.

    赛事官员不应纵容这种行为，而应严格执行比赛规则。

5. N-COUNT 准则；规矩；道理 A law is a rule or set of rules for good behaviour which is considered right and important by the majority of people for moral, religious, or emotional reasons. 

  • ...inflexible moral laws.

    不容改变的道德准则

6. N-COUNT 规律；法则 A law is a natural process in which a particular event or thing always leads to a particular result. 

  • The laws of nature are absolute.

    自然法则至高无上。

7. N-COUNT 定律；定理 A law is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process. 

  • ...the law of gravity.

    万有引力定律

8. N-UNCOUNT 司法界；法律行业 Law or the law is all the professions which deal with Advising people about the law, representing people in court, or giving decisions and punishments. 

  • A career in law is becoming increasingly attractive to young people...

    法律行业对年轻人的吸引力越来越大。

  • Nearly 100 law firms are being referred to the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal.

    近百家律师事务所被送上律师纪律法庭。

9. N-UNCOUNT 法学 Law is the study of systems of law and how laws work. 

  • He came to Oxford and studied law...

    他来到牛津学习法律。

  • He holds a law degree from Bristol University.

    他拥有布里斯托尔大学的法律学位。

10. See also: court of law; rule of law;  
11. PHRASE 凌驾于法律之上；高于法律 If you accuse someone of thinking they are above the law, you criticize them for thinking that they are so clever or important that they do not need to obey the law. 

  • One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law...

    议会一名反对党议员指责政府意图凌驾于法律之上。

  • He considered himself above the law.

    他自以为比法还大。

12. PHRASE 平均律 The law of averages is the idea that something is sure to happen at some time, because of the number of times it generally happens or is expected to happen. 

  • On the law of averages we just can't go on losing.

    根据平均律，我们不会再输下去了。

13. PHRASE 根据法律；依法 If you have to do something by law or if you are not allowed to do something by law, the law states that you have to do it or that you are not allowed to do it. 

  • By law all restaurants must display their prices outside...

    根据法律，所有餐厅都必须在店外明示用餐价格。

  • Minicabs are prohibited by law from touting passers-by for business.

    无标志的预约型出租车沿街拉客是非法的。

14. PHRASE 诉诸法律；提起诉讼；打官司 If you go to law, you go to court in order to get a legal judgment on a dispute. 

  • He went to law and did not succeed in his claim against us.

    他告上了法庭，但没有告赢我们。

15. PHRASE （自以为是地）发号施令 If you say that someone lays down the law, you are critical of them because they give other people orders and they think that they are always right. 

  • ...traditional parents, who believed in laying down the law for their offspring.

    认为应对子女发号施令的传统的家长们

16. PHRASE 不通过法律自行解决，以暴代法（以惩罚他人或摆平某事） If someone takes the law into their own hands, they punish someone or do something to put a situation right, instead of waiting for the police or the legal system to take action. 

  • The speeding motorist was pinned to the ground by angry locals who took the law into their own hands until police arrived.

    愤怒的当地人以暴代法——将超速司机强行按在地上，直至警察赶来。

17. PHRASE （无视法律或惯例而）我行我素，自行其是 If you say that someone is a law unto himself or herself, you mean that they behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing things. 

  • Some of the landowners were a law unto themselves. There was nobody to check their excesses and they exploited the people.

    某些土地所有者目无法纪。他们横行霸道，鱼肉乡民。

18.   Sod's law→see: sod; 
Noun

1. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity;

  • "there is a law against kidnapping"

2. the collection of rules imposed by authority;

  • "civilization presupposes respect for the law"
  • "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

3. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;

  • "the laws of thermodynamics"

4. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

5. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;

  • "he studied law at Yale"

6. the force of policemen and officers;

  • "the law came looking for him"

7. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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  • 1.定律，法律[L]
1. The law of the unity of opposites is the fundamental law of the universe.
对立统一规律是宇宙的基本规律。

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2. A couple of mobsters were rubbed out in a fracas with the law.
几个暴徒在与警方喧闹的斗争中丧命。

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3. A higher court of law overruled a lower court and set the accused person free.
上级法院否决了下级法院的判决，把被告释放了。

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4. A law should be a reflex of the will of the people.
法律应该是人民意志的反映。

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5. A witness was examined by him in a court of law.
他在法庭上质问一个证人。

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6. According to the law, the accuser, the accused, and the judge were each allowed to talk for the same length of time.
按照法律，每一原告、被告及法官都准许有等长的时间发言。

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7. All are equal before the law.
法律面前，人人平等。

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8. All men are equal in the eye of law.
法律面前人人平等。

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9. An agricultural lobby is against a law to allow importing cotton from Egypt.
农业界院外集团，反对透过一项允许从埃及进口棉花的法律。

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10. Anyone who violates law and discipline must firmly be slapped down.
对于任何违法乱纪的人都必须坚决予以打击。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. As soon as his mother-in-law arrived, he made himself scarce.
他岳母一到，他便溜走了。

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12. Aunt Zhang, her face radiating happiness, stood at the door waiting for her daughter-in-law who was coming from town.
张大娘春风满面地站在大门口，等待从城里来的儿媳妇。

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13. Bands of law breakers used to rage through the town, shooting and robbing.
一伙无视法律的暴徒过去常横行于这个镇子，一路烧杀抢掠。

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14. Basic law or tradition was considered inviolable.
基本法律或传统被认为神圣不可侵犯。

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15. By parking your car here, you could fall foul of the law.
你把汽车停在这里可能是违法的。

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16. Concealment of evidence is against the law.
隐藏证据是违法的。

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17. Criminals defy the law.
罪犯无视法律。

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18. Decisions of the Congress have force of law.
国会的决议具有法律效力。

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19. Disobeying the law can head to trouble.
不守法可能会引起麻烦。

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20. Don't go to law if you can help it.
除非万不得已不要打官司。

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