| 单词 | illegal |
| 释义 | illegal (once / 387 pages) adj Something illegal is against the law or breaks the rules. If you're reading this in jail, you've probably done something illegal, and if you're not in jail, there's plenty of time to obey the law. You can use the adjective illegal to describe breaking the rules, as when you head-butt someone in a game. Acts that go against the law, such as robbing a bank, are also illegal. There is a wide range of things called illegal, from small acts to big ones, but no matter the seriousness, if it is against the law, it is illegal. This adjective also describes people who enter countries without official government approval, they are called "illegal immigrants" or "illegal aliens." WORD FAMILYillegal: illegalise, illegality, illegalize, illegally+/illegality: illegalities/illegalize: illegalized/legal: illegal, legaler, legalise, legalism, legality, legalize, legally, nonlegal/legalise: legalisation, legalised, legalises, legalising/legalism: legalisms/legality: legalities/legalize: legalization, legalized, legalizes, legalizing USAGE EXAMPLESIsraeli settlements may be illegal in the eyes of the U.N. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “China became quite aware that even in their ‘legal market’ there was tremendous laundering through an illegal system,” Ms. Lieberman said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Dahlin’s first project was a report denouncing the existence of an illegal nationwide network of secret detention facilities called “black jails”. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) adj prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules an illegal chess move Syn|Ant unlawful contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law amerciableof a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge banned, prohibitedforbidden by law black, black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggleddistributed or sold illicitly criminal, feloniousinvolving or being or having the nature of a crime dirty, ill-gottenobtained illegally or by improper means embezzled, misappropriatedtaken for your own use in violation of a trust extrajudicialbeyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted extralegal, nonlegalnot regulated or sanctioned by law hotrecently stolen or smuggled illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawfulcontrary to or forbidden by law ineligibleprohibited by official rules misbranded, mislabeledbranded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements penal, punishablesubject to punishment by law under-the-counterdone or sold illicitly and secretly; unratifiedlacking legal authority illegitimateof marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful irregularcontrary to rule or accepted order or general practice legal established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules lawfulconformable to or allowed by law court-orderedordered by a court of law judicialdecreed by or proceeding from a court of justice jural, juristicof or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations lawful, legitimate, licitauthorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law ratified, sanctionedformally approved and invested with legal authority statutoryprescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute sub judicebefore a judge or court of law; awaiting judicial determination legitimateof marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful |
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