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单词 lawfully
释义
lawfully
adverb
formal
uk
/ˈlɔː.fəl.i/us
/ˈlɑː.fəl.i/
in a way that isallowedbylaw:
Shemaintainedthat she wasactinglawfully.
Thedocumentationmeantthat they could lawfullyworkin theUnitedStates.
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  • Tobacco can besoldlawfully only to those 18 andolder.
  • He can lawfully beheldforquestioning.
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(Definition oflawfullyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lawfully| Business English

lawfully
adverb
uk
/ˈlɔːfəli/us
/ˈlɑː-/
LAW
accordingto thelaw, orlegally:
Records werelawfullyobtainedunder asubpoena.
Those whopaythetaxesactlawfullyandhelpdecreasethebudgetdeficit.
(Definition oflawfullyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflawfully

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Casuistry, the moral theology devoted to resolving problematic cases, offered general rules to swearinglawfully.
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They further hypothesized that these may belawfullyrelated such that clusters imply affricates imply singletons.
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Data must be processed fairly andlawfully; collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes; and not further processed in a way incompatible with those purposes.
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Conversely, in field accounts, perception and action relate directly andlawfully.
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The opening of such windows is not actionable, but the remedy is by obstructing them, which maylawfullybe done.
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This seems a clear encroachment, in effect by the state, on the clinician's capacitylawfullyto act here according to ethical principles.
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These were all cases of couples beinglawfullyremarried after a first repudiation.
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This pattern should not havelawfullyoccurred because the marked property (clusters) occurred without also the unmarked property (affricates).
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So the hospital sought a declaration that the operation may belawfullycarried out.
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Railroads may not omit all care, prudence, or skill, and ground themselves upon an immunity from all responsibility because they arelawfullypursuing their own business upon their own land.
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Is it not a fact that that money has been properly committed, having been properly discussed and the expenditurelawfullydecided upon?
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It need not be satisfied of very much before obviously the power needs to belawfullyimposed.
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It is easy to forget whether a personal expense was really an expense which could belawfullyset against income for tax purposes.
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All this is on the hypothesis that the tenant islawfullysub-letting.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If they can establishlawfullyand properly a local connection, they should be able to vote and express their view.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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