Laws

1. 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.
   1. Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law...
      猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。
   2. 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政党资助的法律。
   3. There must be changes in the law quickly to stop this sort of thing ever happening to anyone else...
      我们必须迅速修订法律，以杜绝此类事情发生在其他人身上。
   4. The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them.
      该书分析了女性杀人的动机以及法律对此是如何规定的。
2. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. Important questions of constitutional law were involved.
      其中涉及到有关宪法的一些重大问题。
3. 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.
   1. ...the country's liberal political asylum law...
      该国开明的政治庇护法
   2. The law was passed on a second vote.
      此法在第二次表决时通过。
4. 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.
   1. ...the laws of the Church of England...
      英国国教会的教规
   2. 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。
5. 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.
   1. ...inflexible moral laws.
      不容改变的道德准则
6. 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.
   1. The laws of nature are absolute.
      自然法则至高无上。
7. N-COUNT 定律；定理
   A law is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process.
   1. ...the law of gravity.
      万有引力定律
8. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
9. N-UNCOUNT 法学
   Law is the study of systems of law and how laws work.
   1. He came to Oxford and studied law...
      他来到牛津学习法律。
   2. He holds a law degree from Bristol University.
      他拥有布里斯托尔大学的法律学位。
10. See also: court of law rule of law
11. 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.
    1. One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law...
       议会一名反对党议员指责政府意图凌驾于法律之上。
    2. He considered himself above the law.
       他自以为比法还大。
12. 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.
    1. 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。
13. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
14. 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.
    1. 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。
15. 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.
    1. ...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
16. 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.
    1. 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，直至警察赶来。
17. 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.
    1. 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。
18. Sod's law → see: sod

1. I am very critical of the adequacy of Britain's race laws
   我对英国种族法律的适当性颇有微词。
2. To attract investors, Panama has adjusted its tax and labour laws.
   为吸引投资者，巴拿马调整了税法和劳动法。
3. The jury found that the NFL had violated antitrust laws.
   陪审团裁决全国橄榄球联盟触犯了反垄断法。
4. The film breached the criminal libel laws.
   这部电影触犯了刑事诽谤法。
5. There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.
   有多项法律限制公民的权利，使其不得对他人进行人身伤害。
6. The company says it is in full compliance with US labor laws
   这家公司说自己严格遵守美国的各项劳工法。
7. The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws
   委员会决定禁播这部电影，理由是它触犯了刑事诽谤法。
8. I disagree with drug laws in general.
   总的来说，我反对药品法。
9. She is exempt from sex discrimination laws.
   她免受性别歧视法的追究。
10. These reforms will abolish racially discriminatory laws.
    这些改革措施将彻底废除带有种族歧视的法律。
11. The doctors want stricter enforcement of existing laws, such as those banning sales of cigarettes to children.
    医生们希望加大现行法律的执行力度，如禁止向孩童出售香烟。
12. Women in Indonesia have secured modern divorce laws that equalize the rights of husbands and wives
    印度尼西亚妇女已经获得了现代离婚法的保护，享有和丈夫同等的权利。
13. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
    他说根据这些法规，赖斯先生的资产可能已经被冻结了。
14. Such laws could protect the consumer from harmful or dangerous remedies
    这样的法规可以保护消费者免受有害或者危险药品的威胁。
15. Our legal system inherited laws from the English system.
    我们的司法体系沿袭了英国的法律体系。
16. 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。
17. Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws
    枪械管制支持者正努力游说通过新法。
18. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
    这些法律导致了困惑、混乱和数年的耽搁。
19. She was opposed to new laws to muzzle the press.
    她反对钳制新闻界言论的新法律。
20. It makes nonsense of our own rules governing laws of adoption in this country.
    这使将我们自己的规定凌驾于该国收养法之上的做法显得十分荒谬。
21. He swore an oath promising to uphold and protect the country's laws and constitution.
    他宣誓捍卫国家的法律与宪法。
22. Local councils should use their powers to ensure strict observance of laws.
    地方政务委员会应当行使权力以保证人们严格遵守法律。
23. There must be one set of laws for the whole of the country
    整个国家必须要有一套统一的法律。
24. French privacy laws are very strict
    法国的隐私法非常严苛。
25. The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones
    政府通过了允许警方监听电话的法令。
26. He is titular head, and merely signs laws occasionally.
    他是名义上的首脑，不过偶尔签字批准法律法规。
27. Game wardens were appointed to enforce hunting laws in New Hampshire.
    狩猎监督官被派到新罕布什尔州去执行狩猎法令。
28. Laws protect the enjoyment of their rights.
    法律保障他们享受自己的权利。
29. These laws have abolished the privileges of the nobility.
    这些法律取消了贵族的特权。

noun

1. the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

   Synonym:    TorahPentateuch