law

law
[lɔː] 1. n
1) [s/u] (legal system) 法律 [fǎlǜ]

Changes in the law are needed. — 有必要修改法律。

2) u (profession) 司法界 [sīfǎjiè]

a career in law — 在司法界的事业

3) u (UNIV) 法学 [fǎxué]

a degree in law — 法学学位

4) c (regulation) 法规 [fǎguī]

Britain's blasphemy laws — 英国的有关亵渎神的法规

5) c (code) 规范 [guīfàn]

inflexible moral laws — 固定的道德规范

6) c [of nature, science] 定律 [dìnglǜ]

the law of gravity — 引力定律

2. laws; n pl
(rules) [of organization, activity] 规则 [guīzé]

* against the law — 违法

* to break the law — 违法

* by law — 依照法律

* to be above the law — 凌驾于法律之上

* criminal/company law — 刑/公司法

* to take the law into one's own hands — 越过法律权限擅自处理

* to study law — 学习法律

* to go to law — (esp BRIT) 诉诸法律

* law and order — 治安


English-Chinese new dictionary. 2014.

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