law /lɔː/ CET4 TEM4

• 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; 执法者

  例：

  Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law.

  猥亵电话和恐吓电话是违法的。

  例：

  They are beginning criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties.

  他们正开始对他进行刑事诉讼，因为他违反了政党资助法。

  例：

  The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them.

  这本书分析了妇女为什么杀人以及法律如何处置她们。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Law is used to refer to a particular branch of the law, such as criminal law or business law. (某一类) 法律

  例：

  He was a professor of criminal law at Harvard University law school.

  他曾是哈佛大学法学院的刑法教授。

  例：

  Under international law, diplomats living in foreign countries are exempt from criminal prosecution.

  按照国际法，驻外外交官免受刑事诉讼。

• 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) 法规

  例：

  ...the country's liberal political asylum law.

  …该国的自由政治避难法。

• 4. 

  N-PLURAL The laws of an organization or activity are its rules, which are used to organize and control it. 戒律; 守则

  例：

  ...the laws of the Catholic Church.

  …天主教会的戒律。

• 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. 准则

  例：

  ...inflexible moral laws.

  …不容更改的道德准则。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  The laws of nature are absolute.

  自然规律是绝对确凿的。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  ...the law of gravity.

  …万有引力定律。

• 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. 法律行业

  例：

  A career in law is becoming increasingly attractive to young people.

  从事法律行业对于年轻人越来越有吸引力。

• 9. 

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

  例：

  He studied law.

  他学习法学。

• 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. 凌驾于法律之上 [表不满]

  例：

  He accuses the government of wanting to be above the law.

  他谴责政府想凌驾于法律之上。

• 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. 根据法律

  例：

  By law all restaurants must display their prices outside.

  根据法律所有饭店必须在外面亮出他们的价目。