law
- n.(针对某项罪行、协议等的一条)法律;法规;规律;规则;定律;法学;法律机构;良好行为的准则
- vt.控告;对…起诉
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规则体系 system of rules
法律（体系）
the whole system of rules that everyone in a country or society must obey
If they entered the building they would be breaking the law .
如果进入那栋大楼，他们就会触犯法律。
In Sweden it is against the law to hit a child.
在瑞典打小孩是违法的。
Defence attorneys can use any means within the law to get their client off.
辩护律师可在法律许可的范围内利用任何手段为当事人作无罪辩护。
British schools are now required by law to publish their exam results.
现在英国的学校得按法律规定公布考试结果。
The reforms have recently become law .
这些改革最近已成为法律。
Do not think you are above the law (= think that you cannot be punished by the law) .
别以为你能凌驾于法律之上。
the need for better law enforcement
加强执法力度的必要
Kate's word was law in the Brown household.
凯特的话在布朗家就是金科玉律。
法规
a particular branch of the law
company/international/tax, etc. law
公司法、国际法、税法等
一条法规 one rule
（针对某项罪行、协议等的一条）法律，法规
a rule that deals with a particular crime, agreement, etc.
the 1996 law against the hiring of illegal immigrants
禁止雇用非法移民的1996法规
The government has introduced some tough new laws on food hygiene.
政府对食物卫生出台了一些强硬的新法规。
strict gun laws
严格的枪支法
a federal/state law
联邦 / 州法律
to pass a law (= officially make it part of the system of laws)
通过一项法律
There ought to be a law against it!
应该有法律来防止这种事！
学科；职业 subject/profession
法学；法律学；律师业
the study of the law as a subject at university, etc.; the profession of being a lawyer
Jane is studying law.
简正在学习法律。
He's in law school .
他在读法学院。
He's at law school.
他在读法学院。
What made you go into law?
是什么促使你从事律师业的呢？
a law firm
律师事务所
警察 police
法律机构
used to refer to the police and the legal system
Jim is always getting into trouble with the law.
吉姆总是因惹事落到警察手里。
机构；活动 of organization/activity
规则；规章；条例
one of the rules which controls an organization or activity
the laws of the Church
教会的戒律
The first law of kung fu is to defend yourself.
功夫的首要原则是自卫。
the laws of cricket
板球规则
良好的品行 of good behaviour
良好行为的准则；（某地或某场合下的）行为规范
a rule for good behaviour or how you should behave in a particular place or situation
moral laws
道德准则
the unspoken laws of the street
不言而喻的街头行为规范
商业；自然；科学 in business/nature/science
规律；法则；原理
the fact that sth always happens in the same way in an activity or in nature
the laws of supply and demand
供求律
the law of gravity
万有引力之规律
定律
a scientific rule that sb has stated to explain a natural process
the first law of thermodynamics
热力学第一定律
to behave in an independent way and ignore rules or what other people want you to do
to ask a court to settle a problem or disagreement
a situation in which people obey the law and behave in a peaceful way
政府努力维持治安。
The government struggled to maintain law and order.
After the riots, the military was brought in to restore law and order.
暴乱以后，军队出动来恢复治安。
They claim to be the party of law and order.
他们声称自己是重视治安问题的政党。
the principle that one thing will happen as often as another if you try enough times
继续申请吧，根据平均律你迟早会找到工作的。
Keep applying and by the law of averages you'll get a job sooner or later.
a situation in which people are prepared to harm other people in order to succeed
to tell sb with force what they should or should not do
to do sth illegal in order to punish sb for doing sth wrong, instead of letting the police deal with them
used to tell sb who is criticizing you that you are not doing anything wrong
我想唱就唱——谁也管不着。
I'll sing if I want to─there's no law against it.
the exact words of a law or rule rather than its general meaning
他们坚持严守法律的字面意义。
They insist on sticking to the letter of the law.
the condition in which all members of society, including its rulers, accept the authority of the law
in trouble with the police
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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。
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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。
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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
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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
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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
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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。
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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
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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
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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。
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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。
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Sod's law→ see:sod
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- 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
- Synonym: practice of law
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- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- Synonym: natural law
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- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- the laws of thermodynamics
- Synonym: law of nature
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- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- Synonym: jurisprudence legal philosophy
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- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- there is a law against kidnapping
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- the force of policemen and officers
- the law came looking for him
- Synonym: police police force constabulary
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- the collection of rules imposed by authority
- civilization presupposes respect for the law
- the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
- Synonym: jurisprudence
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The new law was introduced in 1991 .
这项新法律是于1991年开始实施的。
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Families will be better off under the new law .
新法律会使家庭经济宽裕一些。
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There has been a lot of resistance to this new law .
这项新的法规已经遇到很多的抵制。
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Families will be better off under the new law .
这项新法律将使每个家庭的经济较前宽裕。
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Many people feel that the law should be changed .
许多人都觉得这项法律应该修改。
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Pressure is mounting on the government to change the law .
迫使政府修改法律的压力不断增加。
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They claim to be the party of law and order .
他们声称自己是重视治安问题的政党。
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The new law makes no distinction between adults and children .
这项新法律对成人和孩子同等对待。
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The new law will affect us all , directly or indirectly .
新的法规将直接或间接地影响我们所有的人。
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What made you go into law ?
是什么促使你从事律师业的呢？
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By law , you are a child until you are 18 .
按照法律规定，18岁之前是未成年人。
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Life imprisonment is defined as 60 years under state law .
按照州法律终身监禁定义为60年。
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In practical terms this law may be difficult to enforce .
从实际的角度来看，这项法律可能难以执行。
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This case brings into question the whole purpose of the law .
这宗案件引起了对整个法律宗旨的怀疑。
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Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law .
尊重生命是英国法律最重要的原则。
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That 's against the law .
那是违法的。
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Public sentiment is against any change to the law .
公众的意见是反对对该法律作任何修改。
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She 's just completed a master 's degree in Law .
她刚读完法律硕士学位。
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The new laws have left us little room to manoeuvre .
新法律没给我们留下多少回旋的余地。
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If they entered the building they would be breaking the law .
如果进入那栋大楼，他们就会触犯法律。
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We need to consider how the law might be reformed .
我们得斟酌法律应如何修订。
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He 's at law school .
他在读法学院。
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He 's in law school .
他在读法学院。
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The government has introduced some tough new laws on food hygiene .
政府对食物卫生出台了一些强硬的新法规。
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The bill will become law next year .
该议案将于明年成为法律。
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She 's reading for a law degree .
她在攻读法学学位。
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He met his future wife at law school .
他在法学院结识了他未来的妻子。
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She 's very widely read in law .
她在法律方面知识渊博。
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These guidelines do not have the force of law .
这些指导原则不具有法律效力。
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They reported back that no laws had actually been broken .
他们汇报说并没有真正发生违法的事。
指某事物所依据的思想或理论。
He just has the gift of gab, and in fact, knows nothing about the basic principles of business management.
他只不过是能说会道，其实，他根本就不懂什么是企业管理的基本原理。
The general principle is that all the students should be equally treated.
总的原则是，所有的学生都应该受到公平对待。
指某事物所依托的最重要的观念、规律等。
Please first read the introduction on the fundamentals of print production.
请首先阅读印刷生产基础导论。
Students who want to take part in this project should know the fundamentals of modern fluid mechanics.
想要参加这个项目的学生需要了解现代流体力学的基本原理。
指自然界或人类社会恒常发生的事或对此进行的描述。
What is your understanding of the law of supply and demand?
你是如何理解供求规律的？
Can you give me several examples to illustrate the law of gravity?
你能给我举几个说明万有引力定律的例子吗？
通常用于科技英语，多指可以得到证明的数学定理。
The Pythagorean theorem can be written in one short equation: a2 + b2 = c2.
毕达哥拉斯定理可以用一个简短的等式表示为：a2+b2=c2。
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