ADV 免于受罚地;逃脱惩罚地 If you say that someone got away scot-free, you are emphasizing that they escaped punishment for something that you believe they should have been punished for.
Others who were guilty were being allowed to get off scot-free. 其他犯罪人员不予处罚。
Others who were guilty were being allowed to get off scot-free. 其他犯罪人员不予处罚。
Get out of here scot-free, couldn't you? 然后逍遥法外,是吗?
It would surely be wrong to let them go scot-free just for lack of finger-prints. 只因为未取指纹而让他们免于受罚,这种做法肯定是错误的。
Even with all the despicable things he's done, you can't deny that at least a part of you wanted Vic Mackey to get away scot-free. 尽管维克?麦基劣迹累累,但你不得不承认,你内心深处还是有点希望他可以逍遥法外的。
Indeed, people will probably conclude that Project Merlin has allowed bankers to escape scot-free. 实际上,人们可能会得出结论:梅林项目让银行家得以免于受罚。
He works very hard, he aspires to a name and a reputation. The thief got off scot-free because he had a good lawyer. 他干得很勤奋,指望出名,指望有好的声誉。那名小偷最终逍遥法外,因为他的律师很厉害。
Most of the financiers at the heart of it have got off scot-free. 而处于危机中心的大多数金融家却逍遥法外。
But he escaped and got off scot-free. 不过,他逃之夭夭,没有受到惩罚。
Without the evidence Lonsdale and his associates could have got off either scot-free or with a minor sentence. 如果没有这种证据,朗斯代尔和他的同伙就会无罪开释,或判刑极轻。
When official money is used to keep a country afloat, those lucky investors whose debt claims are about to come to maturity often exit scot-free as IMF/ EU support allows them to be paid in full. 如果利用官方资金暂时维系一国的偿付能力,那些债权即将到期的幸运投资者通常能安然无恙地退出,因为imf或欧盟的支持会让他们获得全额偿付。
When the offenders of the law get off scot-free and the undeserved get rewards, it goes without saying that the state is heading toward destruction. 如果犯罪的人不被处罚,无功的人又获奖赏,不用说,国家会走向灭亡之路了。
A practice driven by professional investors, hedge funds and foreign banks, as well as legions of Japanese day traders, the carry trade involved borrowing nearly scot-free in yen and investing the loan in higher-yielding assets abroad. 日元套利交易的参与者包括专业投资者、对冲基金、外资银行,以及大批的日本短线客,其做法就是借入近乎免费的日元贷款,然后投资于收益较高的海外资产。
The thief got away scot-free. The robbers have been on the run for a month. 小偷未受惩罚逃走了。小偷已在逃一个月了。
The thief got away scot-free. 小偷未受惩罚逃走了。
The regulators were not willing to let the banks get off scot-free. 监管机构不愿让银行如此轻易取得成功。