| 单词 | above the law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabove the law P4. above the law: (originally) having control over or responsibility for the laws of the land; (in later use) not subject to the rule of law; immune from prosecution, able to break the law with impunity (esp. as a result of corruption or abuse of power). ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 2719 (MED) His pouer [sc. a king's] stant above the lawe, To yive bothe and to withdrawe The forfet of a mannes lif. a1450 (a1396) W. Hilton Eight Chapters on Perfection 14 (MED) Whanne he was aboue þe lawe as maker and ȝeuer of it, ȝit he made him buxum vndir þe lawe. 1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror iii. i. 203 The king..is aboue the law, although many good kings suffer themselues to be gouerned by their good Lawes. 1639 G. Rivers Heroinæ 25 Nero..did perswade himselfe that an Emperour was above the Law, and must also bee without it. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. vi. 240 A pretty civilised Nation truly, where Women are above the Law . View more context for this quotation a1811 R. Cumberland Torrendal iii, in Posthumous Dramatick Wks. (1813) I. 334 When the culprit is above the law, A man's own spirit must be his avenger. 1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 91 Let such be free of the city and above the law. 1973 Harper's Mag. Oct. 111 Apparently, in the eyes of one dazzled by his own celebrity,..superstardom puts a man above the law. 2002 Independent 10 Jan. i. 2/6 Gangs of youths roiling in his constituency, feeling themselves to be above the law. < as lemmas |
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