| [/lɔː; lɔ/] n 用法:
1 [C] rule established by authority or custom, regulating the behaviour of members of a community, country, etc （具体的）法, 法律, 法规, 法令:
The new law comes into force next month. 新法规下月实施. 用法:
2 [U] (also the law) body of such rules （整体的）法, 法律, 法规, 法令:
respect for tribal law 遵守部落的法规 *
observe/obey the law 守法[遵法] *
Stealing is against the law. 盗窃是违法的. *
Children not admitted by law. 儿童不准进入--有法律规定. *
I didn't know I was breaking the law, ie doing sth illegal. 我并不知道自己已违法. *
be within/outside the law 在法律许可之内[之外] *
She acts as if she's above the law, ie as if the law does not apply to her. 她自以为可以凌驾法律之上. *
The law is on our side, ie We are right according to the law. 我们是有法律依据的. 用法:
3 [U] such rules as a science or subject of study 法律学; 法学:
read (ie study) law at university 在大学攻读法律学 *
He gave up law to become a writer. 他放弃学法律而从事写作. *
[attrib 作定语] a law student 法律系学生. 用法:
4 [C] rule of action or procedure, esp in the arts or a game 规则（尤指艺术或比赛中的）:
the laws of perspective, harmony 透视法、 和声法 *
the laws of tennis 网球规则. 用法:
5 [C] factual statement of what always happens in certain circumstances; scientific principle 规律; 法则; 定律; 原理:
the law of gravity 引力定律 *
the laws of motion 运动定律. 用法:
6 the law [sing] (infml) the police 警方; 警察:
Watch out here comes the law! 注意--警察来了! 用法:
7 (idm 习语) the arm of the law => arm1. be a law unto one`self/it`self behave in an unconventional or unpredictable fashion 以反常规的或不可预料的方式行事:
My car's a law unto itself I can't rely on it. 我的汽车自行其是--靠不住了. go to `law (against sb) ask the lawcourts to decide about a problem, claim, etc 提起诉讼; 打官司. have the `law on sb (infml) report sb to the police; start legal proceedings against sb 向警方告发某人; 对某人提出起诉:
If you do that again I'll have the law on you. 你要是再那样做, 我就报警. law and `order situation in which the law is obeyed 法治:
a breakdown in/of law and order 法治的衰败 *
establish, maintain, uphold, etc law and order 建立、 维护、 坚持...法治 *
[attrib 作定语] a law-and-order policy 法治方针. the law of `averages principle according to which one believes that if one extreme occurs it will be matched by the other extreme occurring, so that a normal average is maintained 平均律. the law of the `jungle the survival or success of the strongest or the most unscrupulous 丛林法则; 弱肉强食. lay down the `law say with (real or assumed) authority what should be done 以（真的或假的）权威资格说话:
He's always laying down the law about gardening but he really doesn't know much about it. 他总是对园艺工作发号施令, 其实他只是一知半解. the letter of the law => letter. possession is nine points of the law => possession. take the law into one's own `hands disregard the law and take independent (and usu forceful) action to correct sth believed to be wrong 无视法律而私行（通常用武力）惩治. there's no law against sth (infml) (doing) sth is allowed （做）某事是许可的:
I'll stay in bed as long as I like there's no law against it. 我在床上爱呆多久就呆多久--谁也管不著. an unwritten law/rule => unwritten. |