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law

英 [lɔː] 美[lɔ]
  • n. 法律;规律;法治;法学;诉讼;司法界
  • vi. 起诉;控告
  • vt. 控告;对…起诉
  • n. (Law)人名;(东南亚国家华语)刘;(英、缅、柬)劳

英英释意


1. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity;
"there is a law against kidnapping"
2. the collection of rules imposed by authority;
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"
"the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
3. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;
"the laws of thermodynamics"
4. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
5. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
"he studied law at Yale"
6. the force of policemen and officers;
"the law came looking for him"
7. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do