| 单词 | illegality |
| 释义 | illegality (once / 13281 pages) n Illegality is the state of being against the rules or the law. Sometimes you have to break the law to effect change. The students knew the illegality of their actions, and that they might be arrested, but they figured it was worth it to change a bad law. The root word of illegality is legal, which is from the Latin word legalis, which means related to or pertaining to the law. Il- means not, so illegal means "not legal," and -ity is a suffix used to make an adjective a noun meaning the "state of or condition of." So literally, illegality is the condition of being not legal. Despite the illegality, people often break the law when it comes to speed limits. WORD FAMILYillegality: illegalities+/illegal: illegalise, illegality, illegalize, illegally/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 EXAMPLES“The stumbling block over and over again is the federal illegality,” he said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “Their early experience of ‘illegality’ was very different” from his other research subjects, he told me. The New Yorker(Dec 19, 2016) “The whiff of illegality is detected only when considering the alleged content of the statements contained in the ads.” The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) n unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute Ant|Hypo|Hyper legality lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute lawlessness, outlawry illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law infection(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure unlawfulness the quality of failing to conform to law |
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