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law/lɔ:/n. 1a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and enforced by the imposition of penalties 法律，法令，法规 b a body of such rules (总的，成套的)法律，法令，法规 the law of the land 土地法; forbidden under Scots law 受到苏格兰法律禁止的 2 the controlling influence of laws; a state of respect for laws 法律的制约；法律尊严 law and order 法治 3 laws collectively as a social system or subject of study 法律体系，法治体系；法学 was reading law 在读法律 4 (with defining word 与限定词连用) any of the specific branches or applications of law 特定领域的法规(或运用) commercial law 商贸法； law of contract 合同法 5 binding force or effect (法律的)约束力(或效力) their word is law 他们的话就是法律 6 (prec. by 前接 the)a the legal profession 法律行业 b colloq. the police [口]警察 7 the statute and common law (opp. 反义 EQUITY 2) 成文法；普通法 8 (in pl. 用复数) jurisprudence 法律学 9a the judicial remedy; litigation 司法补救；诉讼 b the law courts as providing this 法院，法庭 go to law 打官司 10 a rule of action or procedure, e.g. in a game, social context, form of art, etc. (如在游戏、社会场合、艺术形式等中的)规则，守则，惯例 11 a regularity in natural occurrences, esp. as formulated or propounded in particular instances (尤指公式化的或以特殊例子提出的)定律，定理，法则，规律 the laws of nature 自然法则; the law of gravity 引力定律; Parkinson's law 帕金森定律 12a the body of divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other sources (《圣经》等中的)戒律 b (作 Law of Moses) the precepts of the Pentateuch 五经，摩西五经(《圣经·旧约》的首五卷) c (作 the Law) the Pentateuch as distinguished from the other parts of the Hebrew Bible (the Prophets and the Writings) Cf. 参见 TORAH 五经(有别于《希伯来圣经》的其他部分——先知书和圣徒传)□ at (or in) law according to the laws 根据法律 □ be a law unto oneself do what one feels is right; disregard custom 独断独行；无视习俗 □ go to law take legal action; make use of the law courts 打官司，上法庭，起诉 □ lay down the law be dogmatic or authoritarian 武断；发号施令 □ take the law into one's own hands redress a grievance by one's own means, esp. by force 不顾法律自行处理冤情(尤指诉诸武力)[Old English lagu from Old Norse lag, something ‘laid down’ or fixed, related to LAY1] |