单词详解

n.

A. 法，法律 (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity)

It is against the law to do that. 那样做是违反法律的。

B. (个别的) 法律，法规[C] (+against) (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

The government passed a new law. 政府通过了一项新的破产法。

C. (运动、艺术等的) 规则，守则[C] (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

He doesn’t know the laws of the game. 他不知道这项比赛的规则。

D. (科学等的) 法则，定律，原则[C] (a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society)

She is interested in the laws of nature. 她对自然界法则很有兴趣。

E. 法学，法律学 [U] (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system)

He majors in law. 他主修法学。

F. 司法界，律师业 [U] (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)

My sister plans to enter the law. 我姐姐打算做律师。

 

相关词组

1. at (或in) law 依法，与法律有关

I will sue him at law. 我要与他对簿公堂。

2. be a law unto oneself （行为）反复无常，一意孤行

Children of that age are a law unto themselves. 这个年龄的孩子们都是我行我素的。

3. go to law 诉诸法律

You can go to law for the bad service. 你可以将如此恶劣服务诉诸法律。

4. law and order 治安，法律与秩序

Law and order is very important to a country. 法律和秩序对于一个国家很重要。

5. take the law into one's own hands 不顾法律擅自处理

None of us has the right to take the law into our own hands. 我们任何人都无权私自给人治罪。

6. take someone to law 绳之以法

The thief was taken to law at last. 那个贼最终被绳之以法。

7. make laws 制定法律

  Some laws have been made to protect animals. 国家已经制订了一些法律来保护动物。

 

相关单词

复数：laws

 

相关链接

词语辨析：law, constitution, regulation, code, rule, act

 

law, constitution, regulation, code, rule, act

这些名词均有“法同，法规”之意。

law: 普通用词，泛指由最高当局制订、立法机构通过的任何成文或不成文的法规或条例。

constitution: 指治理国家或国家在处理内外政务时所遵循的基本法律和原则；也指规章规则的汇集。

regulation: 普通用词，指用于管理、指导或控制某系统或组织的规则、规定或原则等。

code: 指某一阶层或社会所遵守的一整套法典、法规或法则；也可指与某一特殊活动或主题有关的规则。

rule: 通常指机关、团体的规章、条例或比赛规则；也指对人行为、方法等所作的规定，还可指习俗所承认的规定。

act: 指经立法机构通过并由行政管理签署的法案.

 

词语详解

1. law: 普通用词，泛指由最高当局制订、立法机构通过的任何成文或不成文的法规或条例。

It is against the law to do that. 那样做是违反法律的。

2. constitution: 指治理国家或国家在处理内外政务时所遵循的基本法律和原则；也指规章规则的汇集。

Every country has its own written constitution. 每个国家都有自己成文的宪法。

3. regulation: 普通用词，指用于管理、指导或控制某系统或组织的规则、规定或原则等。

It's wrong to get around the regulation. 存心规避规章制度是不对的。

4. code: 指某一阶层或社会所遵守的一整套法典、法规或法则；也可指与某一特殊活动或主题有关的规则。

I can’t break the code of this box. 我无法破译这个箱子的密码。

5. rule: 通常指机关、团体的规章、条例或比赛规则；也指对人行为、方法等所作的规定，还可指习俗所承认的规定。

This is our school’s rule. 这就是我们学校的规定。

6. act: 指经立法机构通过并由行政管理签署的法案.

A new act will be passed. 一项新的法令将会出台。