law
law
英[lɔː]美[lɔː]
n.法，法学，规律，法制；
复数：laws;
例句
The new law is a bit hard on those who were born abroad.新法令对那些在国外出生的人有点不够公平。
The old woman nagged (at) her daughter-in-law all day long.那老太婆一天到晚地挑剔儿媳妇的不是。
He would not receive her as his daughter-in-law.他不愿承认她是他的儿媳。
My brother-in-law goes on the wagon for a month after Christmas every year.我姐夫每年圣诞节过后都要戒酒一个月。
They are both my brothers-in-law.他们两个都是我的妻舅。
As soon as his mother-in-law arrived, he made himself scarce.他岳母一到, 他便溜走了。
Whether you like it or not, you will have to live with the new tax law.不管你喜欢与否, 你得接受新税法。
This rule was brought into being because the old law was abused.由于旧的法律遭到滥用, 这条规则便应运而生。
The law applied to all persons.这项法律适用于所有人。
He left medicine for the law.他离开医学界而转入法学界。
英语六级真题
They are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods that their parents say aren't great for raising children, and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the law.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文The British traveler Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists when in 1744 he described himself as being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history, a country which once gave laws to the world, and which is at present the greatest school of music and painting, contains the noblest productions of sculpture and architecture, and is filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections of all kinds of historical relics.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文The bills would lock that pledge into law.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Recently, we examined more than 400 essays on the laws of life that teens from two communities had written as part of an educational program initiated by the John Templeton Foundation in Radnor, Pa.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文No law required the involvement of a third party in certification.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Pass a law to standardise cigarette packaging.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Higher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report graduation rates, but these reports typically only include Pell recipient number—not necessarily rates specific to first-generation students.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文"As advocates of children's rights, we believe that children should have a voice about what information is shared about them if possible," says Stacey Steinberg, a legal skills professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law in Gainesville.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BFor decades, researchers and law enforcement agencies have tried to build a machine that will do the same thing.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section Chigher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report graduation rates, but these reports typically only include Pell recipient number — not necessarily rates specific to first-generation students.
2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BIf Apple is forced to open up an iPhone for an American law enforcement investigation, what is to prevent it from doing so for a request from the Russians or the Iranians?
2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BIt seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions, often quickly and brutally .
2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section ARelated to the "use-it-or-lose-It law" is the "keep-moving principle".
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section BRobots must obey humans, except where the order would conflict with Law 1.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CSo, while there may be insights to be gained from matching behavior to brain activity, those insights will I not necessarily lead to justice in a court of law.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section CThe battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over unlocking a terrorist's smartphone is the culmination of a slow turning of the tables between the technology industry and the United States government.
2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BThe order essentially asks Apple to hack its own devices, and once it is in place, the precedent could be used to justify law enforcement efforts to get around encryption technologies in other investigations far removed from national security threats.
2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BThe robot who rescues Spooner's life in I, Robot follows Asimov's zeroth larobots cannot harm humanity as opposed to individual humans or allow humanity to come to harm—an expansion of the first law that allows robots to determine what's in the greater go
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CThere's been little research on the topic, Steinberg wrote in a law article about this issue.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BUnder the first law, a robot could not harm a dangerous gunman, but under the zeroth law, a robot could kill the gunman to save others.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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.
例句
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...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**资助的法律。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.
例句
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。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.
例句
...the country's liberal political asylum law...该国开明的**庇护法The law was passed on a second vote.此法在第二次表决时通过。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.
例句
...the laws of the Church of England...英国国教会的教规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。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.
例句
...inflexible moral laws.不容改变的道德准则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.
例句
The laws of nature are absolute.自然法则至高无上。N-COUNT
定律；定理
A law is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process.
例句
...the law of gravity.万有引力定律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.
例句
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。N-UNCOUNT
法学
Law is the study of systems of law and how laws work.
例句
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。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.
例句
One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law...议会一名反对*议员指责*府意图凌驾于法律之上。He considered himself above the law.他自以为比法还大。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.
例句
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。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.
例句
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。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.
例句
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。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.
例句
...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.
例句
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**赶来。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.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
n.
法, 法律, 法规
In some countries the police enforce the laws.在有些国家, 由**机关执行各项法律。法学
He is studying law.他在研读法学。法律机构
规则；规章；条例
良好行为的准则；（某地或某场合下的）行为规范
规律；法则；原理
定律
法制；法治
法律系统；法统
习惯法；普通法；不成文法
诉讼，打官司；法律解决
**；**性的话；**性制约
[the law]律师业，律师行业；司法界
惯例；习俗
天性，本能
【数学、逻辑学】定律；定理
【**教会】戒律，圣戒
vt. & vi.
[口语、方言]诉诸法律；对…起诉；控告
I will go to the sheriff to law you.我要到行*司法长官那里去告你。英英词典释义
Noun
1. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity;
"there is a law against kidnapping"2. the collection of rules imposed by authority;
"civilization presupposes respect for the law""the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"3. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;
"the laws of thermodynamics"4. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
5. 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"6. the force of policemen and officers;
"the law came looking for him"7. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
行业词典
体育： 规则；守则；宽限期；
医学： 定律，法律，法则；
哲学： 规律；
法律： 工业企业法；法律；规律性；
物理学： 定律；
