law

[lɔ:]

n.法律, 法规, 准则, 起诉
v.起诉,打官司

n.

1. 法, 法律[the S]

That is against the law.

那是违反法律的。

2. (个别的)法律, 法规[C][(+against)]

The Congress passed a new bankruptcy law.

国会通过了一项新的破产法。

3. (运动、艺术等的)规则, 守则[C]

Do you know the laws of the game?

你知道这项比赛的规则吗?

4. (科学等的)法则, 定律, 原则[C]

He is interested in the laws of nature.

他对自然界法则很有兴趣。

5. 法学, 法律学[U]

He studies law.

他研究法学。

6. 司法界, 律师业[U][the S]

He plans to enter the law.

他打算做律师。

7. 诉讼[U]

I'll take him to law.

我将与他对簿公堂。

8. 【口】警察; 警官[the S][G]

The law arrived on the scene of murder.

警察来到谋杀现场。

词形变化

动词过去式: lawed | 动词过去分词: lawed | 动词现在分词: lawing | 动词第三人称单数: laws |

词义辨析

同义:

n.法, 法律; 法规; 规则; 定律

rule  regulation  ordinance  act  principle  standard  formula  decree  fiat  proclamation  edict  

同义参见:

maxim  truth  institution  convention  statute  

英英释义

名词 law:

legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity

the collection of rules imposed by authority

同义词：jurisprudence

a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

同义词：law of nature

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

同义词：natural law

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

同义词：practice of law

the force of policemen and officers

同义词：police, police force, constabulary

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

同义词：jurisprudence, legal philosophy

短语词组

at law

1. 通过法律手段

He got his money back at law.

他通过法律手段收回自己的钱。

a law unto oneself

1. 独断独行

He is a law unto himself.

他是个一意孤行的人。

go to law

1. 打官司

He went to law against Jack.

他向法院控告杰克。

lay down the law

1. 严令; 发号施令

Don't lay down the law to me.

不要对我发号施令。

补充

lawlaw英:[lɔ:] 美:[lɔ]n.1.法, 法律, 法规In some countries the police enforce the laws.在有些国家, 由警察机关执行各项法律。2.法学He is studying law.他在研读法学。

例句

1. Changes in the law are needed.法律需要变革。 2. respect for the law对法律的尊重 3. The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them.这本书分析了女性为何杀人以及法律如何对待她们。 4. He was a professor of criminal law at Harvard University law school.他是哈佛大学法学院的刑法教授。 5. Under international law, diplomats living in foreign countries are exempt from criminal prosecution.根据国际法, 驻外外交官员不受刑事诉讼。 6. Important questions of constitutional law were involved.这涉及到有关宪法的一些重大问题。 7. the country's liberal political asylum law该国开明的政治庇护法 8. Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law.猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。 9. It's against the law.这是违法的。 10. They are seeking permission to begin criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties.他们正想办法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。 11. Britain's blasphemy laws英国的亵神罪法 12. The law was passed on the second vote.该法规在第二次表决时通过。 13. The laws are very strict.这些法规非常严格。 14. inflexible moral laws不容改变的道德准则 15. 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。 16. His word is law.他的话就是法律。 17. the law of gravity万有引力定律 18. The laws of nature are absolute.自然法则至高无上。 19. 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。 20. He came to Oxford and studied law.他来到牛津大学攻读法学。 21. a degree in law法学学位 22. against the law违反法律制度 23. Watch out, here come the law!小心, 警察来了！ 24. a corrupt organization who seem to regard themselves above the law似乎将自身凌驾于法律之上的腐败组织 25. 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。 26. He considered himself above the law.他自以为凌驾于法律之上。 27. 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。 28. Minicabs are prohibited by law from touting passers-by for business.法律禁止迷你出租车沿街揽客。 29. He went to law and did not succeed in his claim against us.他把我们告上了法庭, 但没有告赢。 30. 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。 31. The House of Lords is a law unto itself, so it never gives reasons for turning down a petition for leave to appeal.上议院我行我素, 拒绝上诉许可申请时从来不给出理由。 32. traditional parents, who believe in laying down the law for their offspring认为应对子女发号施令的传统家长 33. She quickly starts laying down the law to her estranged son.她很快就开始向她那感情疏远的儿子发号施令。 34. Who was I suddenly to start laying down the law in such a simplistic, brutal way?我有什么资格突然就这样开始简单粗暴地发号施令呢？ 35. She did not feel it was her place to lay down the law.她觉得这里轮不到她来发号施令。 36. You may be angry but don't take the law into your own hands.也许你很生气, 但是不要以暴代法。 37. 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, 将超速司机按在地上, 直至警察赶来。 38. Nearly 100 law firms are being referred to the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal.近100家法律事务所被告上律师纪律审裁庭。 39. He holds a law degree from Bristol University.他拥有布里斯托尔大学的法学学位。 40. I will go to the sheriff to law you.我要到行政司法长官那里去告你。 41. they were taken to court for breaking the law.他们由于犯法被带上法庭。 42. a licence is required by law.依法需要执照。 43. [as modifier]law enforcement.执法。 44. an initiative to tighten up the laws on pornography.加强反色情文学法律规定的动议。 45. he was still practising law.他仍在从事法律业。 46. [as modifier]a law firm.律师事务所。 47. he had supreme control—what he said was law.他具有最高控制权——他的话就是法律。 48. he'd never been in trouble with the law in his life.他一生中从未和警方有过麻烦。 49. the laws of the game.游戏规则。 50. the second law of thermodynamics.热力学第二定律。 51. the first law of American corporate life is that dead wood floats.在美国大公司谋生的第一规律就是无用者随大流。 52. an agreement enforceable at law.可依法实施的协议。 53. a barrister-at-law.法律顾问。 54. I can laugh, can't I? There's no law against it.我可以笑，不是吗？法律又不禁止。 55. There's a new law about wearing seat belts in the back of cars.有一项新法令规定汽车后座乘客必须系安全带。 56. to break the law违法 57. to obey the law守法 58. She is studying law.她在念法律。 59. the laws of mathematics/gravity数学╱引力定律 60. People who are supposed to obey the law also need to know their rights under the law. [=according to the law]理应守法的人也需知道法律赋予他们的权利。 61. "The courts exist to uphold, interpret, and apply the law."法庭的存在是为了维护、解释和实施法律。 62. state/federal law州/联邦法律 63. Stealing is against the law. [=stealing is illegal]偷盗违法。 64. He denied that he had broken/violated the law. [=that he had done anything illegal]他否认自己犯了法。 65. You have to pay taxes. That's the law of the land. [=the set of rules that exists in a certain place]你必须纳税，这是当地的法律。 66. The job of the police is to enforce the law. [=make sure that people obey the law]警察的工作是执法。 67. He's interested in a career in law enforcement. [=a career as a police officer]他对警察这一职业感兴趣。 68. (US) law enforcement officials [=police officials] in the area were alerted of the suspect's escape.这一地区的警官已收到那个嫌疑犯逃跑的警告。 69. a lawyer who specializes in criminal/contract/immigration law专攻刑法/合同法/移民法的律师 70. A law requires that schools provide a safe learning environment. = There is a law requiring schools to provide a safe learning environment.法令要求学校提供安全的学习环境。 71. In our civics class we learned how a bill becomes a law.在公民学课上，我们学习了一项议案如何才能变成法规。 72. She has proposed a new law to protect people from being evicted unfairly.她提议立一项新法规以保护人们免遭非正当驱逐。 73. Congress passed several new laws on the environment. [=laws relating to the environment]国会通过了几条新的环境法规。 74. a law against unfair eviction [=a law that makes unfair eviction illegal]反对非正当驱逐的法令 75. We need stricter laws against discrimination.我们需要更严格的反歧视法规。 76. Schools are required by law to provide a safe learning environment.法令要求学校提供安全的学习环境。 77. The bill will become law at the beginning of the year.这一议案年初就会成为法律。 78. "With the majority voting in favor, the bill has been passed into law. [=the bill became a law]"由于大多数人投赞成票，这一议案已获通过并成为法规。 79. The bill was signed into law by the governor. [=the proposed law became officially active when the governor signed it]这一议案已由州长签署成为法规。 80. They called in the law [=the police] to determine what should be done next.他们请警察来决定下一步该做什么。 81. He's been in and out of trouble with the law for the last 10 years.过去10年他不断犯案。 82. She's been thinking about going into law. [=thinking about becoming a lawyer]她一直在考虑做律师。 83. a career in law律师职业 84. The company hired a large law firm [=a group of lawyers who work together as a business] to handle the case.公司雇了一家大的律师事务所来打这场官司。 85. She practices law [=she works as a lawyer] with a firm in Boston.她在波士顿的一家律师事务所做律师。 86. a professor of law法学教授 87. studying law研究法学 88. going to law school [=a school that trains you to become a lawyer]去法学院读书 89. the body of Islamic laws伊斯兰教律法的主体部分 90. according to Jewish law根据犹太教律法 91. the laws of poetry诗律 92. He teaches his students that balance is the first law of architecture. [=balance is the most important principle in architecture]他教导他的学生说平衡是建筑学的第一规则。 93. the laws [=rules] of tennis网球规则 94. the law of gravity万有引力定律 95. the laws of nature/physics自然/物理学法则 96. Newton's laws of motion牛顿运动定律 97. No one is above the law. [=everyone must obey the law]没有人可以凌驾于法律之上。 98. He complains that the new policy places corporations above the law. [=that the new policy allows corporations to do things that are not legal]他抱怨新政策使企业不受法律约束。 99. "I've warned him that he can't keep behaving this way, but he won't listen. He seems to think that he's a law unto himself. [=that he can do whatever he wants to do]"我已警告他不要继续这样做了，但他不听。他好像认为自己可以我行我素。 100. The police work to preserve law and order.警察的工作是维持治安。 101. a breakdown of law and order法治的崩溃 102. actions that may have been outside the law [=illegal]可能违法的行为 103. Investigators were unable to prove that the business was operating outside the law. [=illegally]调查者不能证明这家企业非法经营。 104. Police are concerned that the victim's family may try to take the law into their own hands. [=may try to punish the criminal themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it]警方担心受害者家属也许会非法擅自惩处罪犯。 105. I can't believe that team has lost 12 games in a row. The law of averages says that they should have won at least one game by now.我无法相信那支球队接连输了12场比赛。按常规到现在他们至少应该赢一场了。 106. an industry governed by the law of the jungle以弱肉强食为法则的行业 107. He says that everything he did was within the law. [=legal]他说他做的每件事都是合法的。 108. "With the organization under so much scrutiny, it is even more important that they work/operate within the law. [=legally]"这个机构正在接受重重审查，其合法运作就更重要了。 109. "He'll listen to suggestions, but in the end, his word is law."他会听取别人的建议，但最终他说了算。 110. "According to a state law, all drivers must pass a written test before they can be fully licensed."根据州法律，所有驾驶员必须通过笔试才能最终拿到驾照。 111. He explained the rules of football.他解释了橄榄球赛的规则。 112. The rules state clearly that smoking is prohibited on campus.规章制度明确禁止在校内吸烟。 113. Safety regulations limit the number of hours an airline pilot can fly each month.安全守则限制了飞行员每月的飞行时长。 114. The new statute requires that all passengers in a car wear seatbelts.新法规要求车内所有乘客都系安全带。 115. The new city ordinance restricts parking on some streets.新的城市法令禁止在某些街道上停车。