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law
lɔː lɔː lɔ
Word forms: plural laws
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. 法律（体系）；法律界人士

  • 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. [+ on]

    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。

  • The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them.

    该书分析了女性杀人的动机以及法律对此是如何规定的。

SYN constitution, code, legislation, charter
2 N-UNCOUNT [usually adjective NOUN] （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. （用于指某一种法律）刑法/公司法

  • 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 [oft n NOUN] （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. （针对某种协议、关系或罪行的）法律，法

  • ...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。

SYN statute, act, bill, rule
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. （组织或活动的）规则，规章，条例

  • ...the laws of the Church of England. [+ of]

    英国国教会的教规

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

    赛事官员不应纵容这种行为，而应严格执行比赛规则。

SYN rule, order, ruling, principle
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. 准则；规矩；道理

  • ...inflexible moral laws.

    不容改变的道德准则

SYN principle, standard, code, formula
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. 规律；法则

  • 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. 定律；定理

  • ...the law of gravity. [+ of]

    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. 司法界；法律行业

  • 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. 法学

  • 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. 凌驾于法律之上；高于法律 [disapproval]

  • 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. 平均律

  • 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. 根据法律；依法

  • 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 [VERB inflects] 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. 诉诸法律；提起诉讼；打官司 [mainly British]

  • 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. （自以为是地）发号施令 [disapproval]

  • ...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

SYN be dogmatic, call the shots [informal] , pontificate, rule the roost
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. 不通过法律自行解决，以暴代法（以惩罚他人或摆平某事）

  • 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. （无视法律或惯例而）我行我素，自行其是

  • 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 
Quotations
The end of the law is, not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom John Locke Second Treatise of Civil Government
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important Martin Luther King Jr.
The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely Robert Bolt A Man For All Seasons
No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails John Mortimer A Voyage Round My Father
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer Robert Frost
Laws were made to be broken John Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure - the figure of "The Reasonable Man" A.P. Herbert Uncommon Law
We do not get good laws to restrain bad people. We get good people to restrain bad laws G.K. Chesterton All Things Considered
The law is a ass - a idiot Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him John Selden Table Talk
Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful Anacharsis
Law is a bottomless pit Dr. Arbuthnot The History of John Bull
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer William Blackstone Commentaries on the Laws of England
The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself Charles Dickens Bleak House
No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth Jean Giraudoux La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
The laws of most countries are far worse than the people who execute them, and many of them are only able to remain laws by being seldom or never carried into effect John Stuart Mill The Subjection of Women
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