| 单词 | law |
| 释义 | law I. dialect Britain < Berwick law > II. 1. a. (1) (2) (3) b. (1) < preserved law and order in the town > (2) < developed the habit of going to law for the slightest provocation — H.A.Overstreet > (3) < when he found that goods had been stolen he called in the law > < put out a guard to watch for the law while they robbed the store > c. (1) < a law of self-preservation > (2) < taking a walk every evening was one of his personal laws > d. < the decrees were judged not to be law and so were rescinded > e. < the child submits to no law > f. < a question of law, not a question of fact > 2. usually capitalized a. b. c. obsolete d. 3. < the laws of poetry > < the laws of architecture > < a law of courtesy > 4. 5. a. < insurance law > < criminal law > < probate law > — compare adjective law, civil law, commercial law, decisional law, equity, law merchant, statutory law, substantive law b. < the law of the house > 6. a. b. c. < a man with much history and letters but little law > 7. obsolete 8. 9. a. < a law of thermodynamics > < the laws of chemistry > — often used in combination with the name of the discoverer of the order or relation < Boyle's law > < Gresham's law > b. c. Synonyms: < the laws of our federal government > In physical sciences law suggests a principle or assertion formulated on the basis of conclusive evidence or tests and presumably universally valid < when this formula first dawned on the mind of Newton, it was a scientific conjecture; when it was tested and proved to conform to facts, it became an accepted scientific law — P.E.More > law may refer to that which is written or uncodified but universally accepted < the common law of England > rule, often interchangeable with law in ordinary uses, may be used in more personal, individual, or specific situations with somewhat less inexorability and power implied < so many handsome girls are unmarried, and so many of the other sort wedded, that there is no possibility of establishing a rule — W.M.Thackeray > < ritual is not easy compliance with usage; it is strict compliance with detailed and punctilious rule — W.G.Sumner > < the rules of stud poker are drawn up to accord with the laws of chance > canon in nonreligious use may suggest a principle of treatment or judgment in intellectual and creative activities that is generally accepted as a valid guide or test < the Aristotelian canon that the “nature” of a thing must be sought in its completed development, its final form — W.R.Inge > < prefer the particular to the general, the definite to the vague — as a canon of rhetoric — A.T.Quiller-Couch > More than other words in this group precept is likely to suggest something that is advisory and nonobligatory < the Old Bailey, at that date, was a choice illustration of the precept that “whatever is is right” — Charles Dickens > < the one child to whom the “spare-the-rod” precept did not apply — Margaret Deland > regulation suggests directives for a detail of procedure or conduct applying within an organization and established with executive or administrative authority < regular scholarships are awarded in accordance with the following regulations set up by the Committee on Scholarships — Official Register of Harvard University > < a colonel not on flying status was by regulation ineligible for most Air Force commands — J.G.Cozzens > ordinance suggests an obligatory order, direction, or injunction governing some detail of conduct and issued and enforced by a limited and not sovereign agency, for instance a municipal government or a county or shire governing board < an ordinance about parking on Main Street > < the new ordinance about delinquent property taxes > Synonym: see in addition principle. • - have the law on III. intransitive verb transitive verb 1. chiefly dialect < I won't go to the sheriff and I won't law you; I'll shoot you — Luke Short > 2. IV. now dialect variant of low V. now dialect — used especially to express surprise |
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