单词 | unlawful |
释义 | unlawfulWord family (noun) law lawyer outlaw lawfulness lawlessness (adjective) lawful ≠ unlawful (verb) outlaw (adverb) lawfully ≠ unlawfully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishunlawfulun‧law‧ful /ʌnˈlɔːfəl $ -ˈlɒː-/ ●○○ adjective lawSCLnot legal SYN illegal The jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing. —unlawfully adverbExamples from the Corpusunlawful• The court rules that the raid had been unlawful.• There are two types of crime which will not suffice as the unlawful act: crimes of negligence and crimes of omission.• The Attorney-General may proceed in the High Court for an Order to prevent the local authority carrying out its intended unlawful act.• unlawful activities• Some see the distinction in terms of a commission which is unlawful and an omission which may not be.• Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest is entitled to compensation.• This leads us to consider the meaning of unlawful discrimination.• unlawful employment practices• The unlawful taking and driving away of vehicles goes well beyond damage to property.• However, although the failure to consult was unlawful, the fact was that the unit had already been closed.• Six officers were originally charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and the seventh with unlawful wounding. |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含170365条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。