law
英[lɔː]
美[lɔ]
- n. 法律；规律；法治；法学；诉讼；司法界
- vi. 起诉；控告
- vt. 控告；对…起诉
- n. (Law)人名；(东南亚国家华语)刘；(英、缅、柬)劳
英英释意
- 1. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity;
- "there is a law against kidnapping"
- 2. the collection of rules imposed by authority;
- "civilization presupposes respect for the law"
- "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
- 3. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;
- "the laws of thermodynamics"
- 4. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- 5. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
- "he studied law at Yale"
- 6. the force of policemen and officers;
- "the law came looking for him"
- 7. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do