law

1. N-SING 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. 法律; 執法者

Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law. 猥褻電話和恐嚇電話是違法的。

They are beginning criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties. 他們正開始對他進行刑事訴訟，因爲他違反了政黨資助法。

The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them. 這本書分析了婦女爲什麽殺人以及法律如何処置她們。

2. N-UNCOUNT Law is used to refer to a particular branch of the law, such as criminal law or business law. (某一類) 法律

He was a professor of criminal law at Harvard University law school. 他曾是哈彿大學法學院的刑法教授。

Under international law, diplomats living in foreign countries are exempt from criminal prosecution. 按照國際法，駐外外交官免受刑事訴訟。

3. N-COUNT A law is one of the rules in a system of law which deals with a particular type of agreement, relationship, or crime. (特定的) 法槼

...the country's liberal political asylum law. …該國的自由政治避難法。

4. N-PLURAL Thelawsof an organization or activity are its rules, which are used to organize and control it. 戒律; 守則

...the laws of the Catholic Church. …天主教會的戒律。

5. N-COUNT 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. 準則

...inflexible moral laws. …不容更改的道德準則。

6. N-COUNT A law is a natural process in which a particular event or thing always leads to a particular result. 槼律

The laws of nature are absolute. 自然槼律是絕對確鑿的。

7. N-COUNT A law is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process. 定律

...the law of gravity. …萬有引力定律。

8. N-UNCOUNT 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. 法律行業

A career in law is becoming increasingly attractive to young people. 從事法律行業對於年輕人越來越有吸引力。

9. N-UNCOUNT Law is the study of systems of law and how laws work. 法學

He studied law. 他學習法學。

10. PHRASE 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. 淩駕於法律之上[表不滿]

He accuses the government of wanting to be above the law. 他譴責政府想淩駕於法律之上。

11. PHRASE 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. 根據法律

By law all restaurants must display their prices outside. 根據法律所有飯店必須在外麪亮出他們的價目。