| 单词 | jungle law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjungle law jungle law n. the ‘law of the jungle’ (see law n.1 16d). ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] tyrantry1340 tyranny1475 licentiousness1553 lawlessness1591 exorbitance1611 exorbitancy1619 anarchism1642 outlawry1836 outlawry1869 jungle law1894 law of the jungle1894 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > jungle law jungle law1894 law of the jungle1927 1894 R. Kipling in To-day 7 Apr. 284/2 One of the beauties of Jungle Law is that punishment settles all scores. 1957 M. Kennedy Heroes of Clone iii. vi. 204 It was awkward having to explain jungle law to someone who had never..emerged from a well-kept shrubbery. 1971 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 10 Apr. 13/2 The Obote regime had turned the country into ‘a political jungle ruled by jungle law’ whereby some people earned their living by putting others into prison. < as lemmas |
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