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| above the law adj | (not legally accountable) | SCSimplified Chinese 凌驾于法律之上的，不受法律约束的 |
| | Many politicians think that they are above the law, and should not be punished for any wrongdoing. |
| according to law expr | (in agreement with law) | SCSimplified Chinese 根据法律 gēn jù fǎ lǜ
TCTraditional Chinese 根據法律 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 依法 gēn jù fǎ lǜ，yī fǎ |
| | According to law, the website owner must check all materials published on it. |
| administrative law | (law) | SCSimplified Chinese 行政法
TCTraditional Chinese 行政法 |
| against the law adj | (illegal) | SCSimplified Chinese 违法的 wéi fǎ de
TCTraditional Chinese 違法的 |
| | Smoking marijuana is against the law. |
| against the law adv | (illegally) | SCSimplified Chinese 违法 wéi fǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 違法 |
| | He was driving against the law as he had just guzzled down seven pints of beer. |
| Archimedes' law n | (physics: force of a lever) | SCSimplified Chinese 阿基米德定律 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 阿基米德浮体原理 |
Archimedes' principle,
Archimedes' law n | (physics: bouyancy in fluid) | SCSimplified Chinese 阿基米德定律 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 阿基米德原理 |
attorney at law,
attorney-at-law n | US (defence or prosecution lawyer) | SCSimplified Chinese 律师 lǜ shī
TCTraditional Chinese 律師 |
| | Most lawyers use the more formal title "Attorney at law" on their business cards. |
| | 大多数律师都在名片上使用更加正式的称谓，即“Attorney at law”。 |
be a law unto yourself,
be a law onto yourself v expr | (disregard conventions) | SCSimplified Chinese 我行我素 wǒ xíng wǒ sù |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 自行其是 wǒ xíng wǒ sù，zì xíng qí shì |
| blue law n | (legal prohibition of [sth] on Sunday) (禁止周日从事娱乐等活动的法律) | SCSimplified Chinese 蓝色法规 |
| break the law v expr | (do [sth] illegal, commit a crime) | SCSimplified Chinese 违法 wéi fǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 違法 |
| | Every time you buy a pirated DVD, you are breaking the law. |
| brother-in-law n | (spouse's male sibling) (妻子的哥哥) | SCSimplified Chinese 大舅子
TCTraditional Chinese 大舅 |
| | (妻子的弟弟) | SCSimplified Chinese 小舅子 |
| | (丈夫的哥哥) | SCSimplified Chinese 大伯子 |
| | (丈夫的弟弟) | SCSimplified Chinese 小叔子 |
| | My wife and my brother-in-law have both inherited their mother's blue eyes. |
| | 我妻子和大舅子都随了母亲的蓝眼睛。 |
| brother-in-law n | (sibling's husband) | SCSimplified Chinese 姐夫 jiě fū |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 妹夫 jiě fū ，mèi fū |
| | My brother-in-law married my sister five years ago. |
| | 我姐夫和姐姐五年前结了婚。 |
| business law n | (set of laws governing business) | SCSimplified Chinese 商业法 |
| by law adv | (legally) | SCSimplified Chinese 根据法律 gēn jù fǎ lǜ
TCTraditional Chinese 根據法律 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 依法 gēn jù fǎ lǜ，yī fǎ |
| | By law, in England, the minimum age for buying alcoholic beverages is eighteen. |
bylaw,
byelaw,
also UK: by-law,
bye-law n | (organizational rule) | SCSimplified Chinese 企业章程 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 组织章程 |
| | Self-nomination for the board is against the organization's bylaws. |
bylaw,
byelaw,
by-law,
bye-law n | UK (local authority law) | SCSimplified Chinese 地方法规 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 地方细则 |
| | Local bylaws require pavements to be shovelled after large snows. |
| canon law n | (regulations of Christian church) | SCSimplified Chinese 教会法规 jiào huì fǎ guī
TCTraditional Chinese 教會法規 |
| case law n | (law of precedent) | SCSimplified Chinese 判例法 pàn lì fǎ |
| civil law n | (laws about private matters, rights) | SCSimplified Chinese 民法
TCTraditional Chinese 民法 |
| commercial law n | (laws governing business practices) | SCSimplified Chinese 商法 shāng fǎ |
| | The law firm I work for specializes in business and commercial law. |
| common law n | (legal system: custom) | SCSimplified Chinese 不成文法 bù chéng wén fǎ |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 习惯法 bù chéng wén fǎ，xí guàn fǎ |
| common-law n as adj | (marriage, partner: informal) | SCSimplified Chinese 不成文法的 bù chéng wén fǎ de |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 习惯法的 bù chéng wén fǎ de，xí guàn fǎ de |
| common-law husband n | (man in informal marriage) | SCSimplified Chinese 事实婚姻的男方 |
| common-law marriage n | (partnership: not formalized) (指非正式结婚但同居的关系) | SCSimplified Chinese 习惯法上的婚姻，事实婚姻 xí guàn fǎ shàng de hūn yīn，shì shí hūn yīn |
| | When a common-law marriage exists, the spouses receive the same legal treatment given to legally married couples. |
| | 如果造成事实婚姻，婚姻双方在法律上享受与合法婚姻伴侣相同的待遇。 |
| common-law wife n | (woman in informal marriage) | SCSimplified Chinese 习惯法上的妻子 xí guàn fǎ shàng de qī zi |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 事实婚姻中的妻子 xí guàn fǎ shàng de qī zi，shì shí hūn yīn zhōng de qī zǐ |
| | John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married. |
| comparative law n | (study of different legal systems) | SCSimplified Chinese 比较法 |
conservation of energy,
law of conservation of energy n | (physics: energy remains constant) (物理) | SCSimplified Chinese 能量守恒定律 néng liàng shǒu héng dìng lǜ |
| | According to the law of the conservation of energy, energy cannot be destroyed, only transmuted. |
| constitutional law n | (law related to constitution) | SCSimplified Chinese 宪法 xiàn fǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 憲法 |
| | In Ed's opinion, the government is breaking constitutional law by spying on Americans. |
| corporate law n | (business or company law) | SCSimplified Chinese 公司法
TCTraditional Chinese 公司法 |
counselor-at-law,
plural: counselors-at-law n | US (lawyer) | SCSimplified Chinese 律师，法律顾问 lǜ shī，fǎ lǜ gù wèn
TCTraditional Chinese 律師，法律顧問 |
| court of law n | (place: tribunal) | SCSimplified Chinese 法庭 fǎ tíng
TCTraditional Chinese 法庭 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 法院 fǎ tíng，fǎ yuàn |
| | That argument would not be acceptable in a court of law. |
| court of law n | (proceedings: trial) | SCSimplified Chinese 开庭 kāi tíng
TCTraditional Chinese 開庭 |
| cousin-in-law n | (cousin's spouse) | SCSimplified Chinese 姻堂兄妹 |
| | I'd like you to meet my new cousin-in law, Estelle. |
| criminal law n | (branch of law) | SCSimplified Chinese 刑法 xíng fǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 刑法 |
| | Delia works for a law firm that specializes in criminal law. |
daughter-in-law,
plural: daughters-in-law n | (son or daughter's wife) | SCSimplified Chinese 儿媳 ér xí |
| | My daughter-in-law's casual attitude infuriates me. |
diminishing returns,
law of diminishing returns npl | figurative (fewer benefits for more effort) (比喻义) | SCSimplified Chinese 收益递减规律 |
due process,
due process of law n | (legal proceedings) | SCSimplified Chinese 法定诉讼程序 fǎ dìng sù sòng chéng xù |
| | If arrested, you have the right to due process. |
| employment law n | (rules governing working practices) | SCSimplified Chinese 雇佣法，就业法，劳动法
TCTraditional Chinese 勞工法 |
| father-in-law n | (spouse's father) | SCSimplified Chinese 岳父 yuè fù |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 公公 yuè fù，gōng gōng |
| | My father-in-law treats me like his own daughter. |
| | 我的岳父对待我就像他的亲身女儿一样。 |
| gag law n | (restricting free press or speech) | SCSimplified Chinese 封口法 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 封口令 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 限制言论自由 |
| in law adv | (legally) | SCSimplified Chinese 依法 yī fǎ |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 法律上 |
| | Hearsay is not permissible in law as evidence. |
| in the eyes of the law expr | (legally) | SCSimplified Chinese 从法律角度而言 cóng fǎ lǜ jiǎo dù ér yán |
| | In the eyes of the law, a person is innocent until proven guilty. |
| in violation of law adv | (against the law) | SCSimplified Chinese 违法地 wéi fǎ de
TCTraditional Chinese 違法地 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 触犯法律地 wéi fǎ de，chù fàn fǎ lǜ de |
| in violation of law adj | (illegal, unlawful) | SCSimplified Chinese 违法的 wéi fǎ de
TCTraditional Chinese 違法的 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 触犯法律的 wéi fǎ de ，chù fàn fǎ lǜ de |
| -in-law suffix | (relative by marriage) (因婚姻而形成的亲戚关系) | SCSimplified Chinese 姻亲 yīn qīn |
| | For example: son-in-law |
| in-laws npl | (spouse's family) (因婚姻而结成的亲戚关系) | SCSimplified Chinese 姻亲 yīn qīn |
| | My in-laws always come to visit us during the holiday season. |
| Islamic law n | (Muslim code of conduct) | SCSimplified Chinese 伊斯兰法 yī sī lán fǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 伊斯蘭法 |
| | Islamic law prohibits the consumption of pork and all intoxicants, such as alcohol. |
labor law (US),
labour law (UK) n | (law: to protect workers) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳动法
TCTraditional Chinese 勞工法 |
| law and order n | (social discipline) | SCSimplified Chinese 治安 zhì ān
TCTraditional Chinese 治安 |
| | The government sent troops to restore law and order to areas where violence had broken out. |
| law enforcement n | (police, anti-crime) | SCSimplified Chinese 执法 zhí fǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 執法 |
| | My father worked for years in law enforcement. |
| | 我父亲多年来从事执法工作。 |
law enforcement,
law-enforcement n as adj | (of police, anti-crime) | SCSimplified Chinese 执法的 |
| | She works as a law enforcement officer. |
| | 她是一名执法人员。 |
| law enforcement agency n | (police, etc.) | SCSimplified Chinese 执法部门 zhí fǎ bù mén
TCTraditional Chinese 執法部門 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 执法机构 |
| law firm n | (company of lawyers) | SCSimplified Chinese 律师事务所 lǜ shī shì wù suǒ |
| | When she's finished law school she's hoping to find a job in a well-known law firm. |
| | 当她从法学院毕业之后，她希望在一个知名的律师事务所找到一份工作。 |
| law of averages n | (probability) (统计) | SCSimplified Chinese 平均律 píng jūn lǜ |
| | We can predict many natural phenomena according to the law of averages. |
law of Moses,
Law of Moses n | (ancient Hebrew law) (古希伯来律法) | SCSimplified Chinese 摩西律法 mó xī lǜ fǎ |
| | All good Jews follow the law of Moses. |
law of motion,
Newton's law of motion n | (physics) | SCSimplified Chinese 运动定律 |
| the law of the jungle n | (survival of the strongest) | SCSimplified Chinese 丛林法则 cóng lín fǎ zé
TCTraditional Chinese 叢林法則 |
| | By the law of the jungle, the lion is king. |
| law of thermodynamics n | (physics: law relating heat and mechanical energy) | SCSimplified Chinese 热力学原理 rè lì xué yuán lǐ |
| | One of the laws of thermodynamics maintains that it is impossible to cool something to the temperature of absolute zero. |
| law office n | (lawyer or lawyers' premises) | SCSimplified Chinese 律师事务所 lǜ shī shì wù suǒ |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 法律事务所 |
| law school n | (university where law degrees are taught) | SCSimplified Chinese 法学院 fǎ xué yuàn
TCTraditional Chinese 法學院 |
| | He graduated from law school with full honours. |
| law society n | (association of lawyers) | SCSimplified Chinese 律师协会，律师公会 |
| law student n | ([sb] who studies legal system) | SCSimplified Chinese 法律系学生，法律专业学生 |
| law-abiding adj | (obeying the law) | SCSimplified Chinese 遵纪守法的 zūn jì shǒu fǎ de |
| | He was a law-abiding citizen who never did anything wrong. |
| lay down the law v expr | (enforce rules) | SCSimplified Chinese 制定法规 zhì dìng fǎ guī
TCTraditional Chinese 制定法規 |
| | My mom laid down the law; if I choose to smoke I can't live at home. |
| the letter of the law n | (strict interpretation) | SCSimplified Chinese 法律的字面意思 |
| | They followed the letter of the law to avoid any problems. |
| local law n | (legal restrictions that apply to an area) | SCSimplified Chinese 本地法规 běn dì fǎ guī
TCTraditional Chinese 當地法規 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 当地法规 běn dì fǎ guī，dāng dì fǎ guī |
| | The local law prohibited smoking in all public areas. |
| the long arm of the law n | figurative (police powers) | SCSimplified Chinese 执法力量，法律权力 zhí fǎ lì liàng |
| | If you break the law, the police will catch you - you can't outrun the long arm of the law. |
| maritime law n | (laws governing shipping) | SCSimplified Chinese 海商法 hǎi shāng fǎ |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 海事法 hǎi shāng fǎ，hǎi shì fǎ |
| | After graduating, he decided to specialise in maritime law. |
| martial law n | uncountable (temporary military rule) | SCSimplified Chinese 戒严令，军事管制 |
Master of Law,
Master of Laws n | (postgraduate legal degree) | SCSimplified Chinese 法学硕士，法律硕士 |
| | Michael has a Master of Law from McGill University. |
Master of Law,
Master of Laws n | (holder of postgraduate legal degree) | SCSimplified Chinese 法学硕士 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 法律硕士 |
| matter of law n | (legal issue) | SCSimplified Chinese 法律问题 fǎ lǜ wèn tí
TCTraditional Chinese 法律問題 |
| | The interpretation of a written contract is a matter of law to be determined by the court. |
| minimum-wage law n | (law governing minimum earnings) | SCSimplified Chinese 最低工资法 zuì dī gōng zī fǎ |
| | Many conservatives find any minimum-wage law reprehensible. |
| mother-in-law n | (spouse's mother) (女方对丈夫母亲的称呼) | SCSimplified Chinese 婆婆 pó po
TCTraditional Chinese 婆婆 |
| | (男方对妻子母亲的称呼) | SCSimplified Chinese 岳母，丈母娘 yuè mǔ，zhàng mǔ niáng |
| | Stephen always got on very well with his mother-in-law. |
| nephew-in-law n | (niece's husband) | SCSimplified Chinese 侄女的丈夫 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 侄女的老公 |
| | My nephew-in-law is coming over to watch the game. |
| | 我侄女的丈夫会过来看比赛。 |
| on the right side of the law expr | (legal) | SCSimplified Chinese 合法的 hé fǎ de |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 遵纪守法的 hé fǎ de ，zūn jì shǒu fǎ de |
| | The protesters felt that they were on the right side of the law. |
| parents-in-law npl | (spouse's mother and father) | SCSimplified Chinese 配偶的父母 pèi ǒu de fù mǔ |
| | We lived with my parents-in-law for nearly five years before we could afford our own home. |
| pass a law v expr | (make [sth] legal or illegal) | SCSimplified Chinese 通过法案 tōng guò fǎ àn
TCTraditional Chinese 通過法案 |
| | In 1647 Parliament passed a law making the celebration of Christmas illegal. |
| pass into law v expr | (become part of law) | SCSimplified Chinese 成为法律 |
| | The bill passed into law. |
| penal law n | (rules governing crime and punishment) | SCSimplified Chinese 刑法 xíng fǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 刑法 |
practice law (US),
practise law (UK) vtr + n | (work as a lawyer) | SCSimplified Chinese 做律师 zuò lǜ shī
TCTraditional Chinese 做律師 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 从事法律工作 zuò lǜ shī，cóng shì fǎ lǜ gōng zuò |
| | Sean has been practising law for five years. |
| privacy law n | (legal rules on confidentiality) | SCSimplified Chinese 隐私法 |
| rule of law n | (overriding legal principle) | SCSimplified Chinese 法治
TCTraditional Chinese 法治 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 由法而治 |
| | During the gold rush, there was no rule of law in the miners' camps. |
| sister-in-law n | (spouse's female sibling) | SCSimplified Chinese 姑子 gū zǐ |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 姨妹 gū zǐ，yí mèi |
| | My sister-in-law is coming to visit us next week. |
| sister-in-law n | (sibling's wife) | SCSimplified Chinese 嫂子 sǎo zi
TCTraditional Chinese 嫂子 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 弟妹 sǎo zi，dì mèi |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 弟媳 sǎo zi，dì xí |
| | My sister-in-law treats my brother as if he was a child. |
son-in-law,
plural: sons-in-law n | (daughter or son's husband) | SCSimplified Chinese 女婿 nǚ xù
TCTraditional Chinese 女婿 |
| | My daughter and son-in-law are coming over tomorrow for dinner. |
| state law n | US (legal system of a US state) | SCSimplified Chinese 州法律 zhōu fǎ lǜ |
| | State law prohibits the making of alcohol at home. |
| take the law into your own hands v expr | (act as a vigilante) | SCSimplified Chinese 不通过法律自行处理 bù tōng guò fǎ lǜ zì xíng chǔ lǐ |
| | If you get robbed, don't try to take the law into your own hands. |
| under the law adv | (from a legal point of view) | SCSimplified Chinese 根据法律规定 |
| violate the law v expr | (do [sth] illegal, commit an offence) | SCSimplified Chinese 违法 wéi fǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 違法 |
| | If you violate the law (and get caught) you may go to jail. |
| violation of law n | (offence, crime) | SCSimplified Chinese 违法行为 wéi fǎ xíng wéi
TCTraditional Chinese 違法行為 |
| | The district court deals with the most common violations of law. |
| within the law adv | (legally, lawfully) | SCSimplified Chinese 在法律允许范围内 zài fǎ lǜ yǔn xǔ fàn wéi nèi |
| | Most people are quite happy to live within the law. |
| within the law adj | (legal, lawful) | SCSimplified Chinese 合法的 hé fǎ de |
| | All the bank's financial maneuvers were technically within the law. |
| zoning law n | often plural (law about property use) | SCSimplified Chinese 土地分区法 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 使用区划法 |