| 英语单词 | lawless |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['lɔːləs] 美 ['lɔːləs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.违法的;无法无天的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) To sum up, only when strict punishment can be imposed on the lawless, can social stability be maintained. (2) The magistrate criticized the lawless behaviour of the football crowd. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 总之,唯有当严刑峻罚加之于违法之徒时,才能维持社会安定。 (2) 治安法官批评了观看足球赛人群目无法纪的行为。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A lawless society is one without any rules or order. In some respects, the Old West era of the U.S. was a lawless time. |
| vocabulary扩展 | When you think of old-timey saloons and sheriffs and cowboys, you probably envision lawless bandits riding boldly into town — in other words, criminals accustomed to making their own rules, rather than following any established laws. A lawless city today is one that's in such chaos that order can't be kept, even by police officers. To be lawless is to be without law, which stems from the Old English lagu, "law or rule." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词](尤指疯狂暴力的行为)违法的,非法的,不法的 Lawless actions break the law, especially in a wild and violent way. [usu ADJ n]
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2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](某一地方或时期)目无法纪的,法网不及的 A lawless place or time is one where people do not respect the law. [usu ADJ n]
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