1. 法律（體系）；法律界人士
    The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime, business agreements, and social relationships. You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.

    e.g. Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law...
           猥褻和恐嚇電話都是違法的。
    e.g. They are seeking permission to begin criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties...
           他們正尋求取得對他提起刑事訴訟的許可令，以控告他違反了有關(guān)政黨資助的法律。

2. （用于指某一種法律）刑法/公司法
    Law is used to refer to a particular branch of the law, such as criminal law or company law.

    e.g. He was a professor of criminal law at Harvard University law school...
           他是哈佛大學(xué)法學(xué)院的刑法學(xué)教授。
    e.g. Under international law, diplomats living in foreign countries are exempt from criminal prosecution...
           根據(jù)國際法，駐外外交官員免受刑事檢控。

3. （針對某種協(xié)議、關(guān)系或罪行的）法律，法
    A law is one of the rules in a system of law which deals with a particular type of agreement, relationship, or crime.

    e.g. ...the country's liberal political asylum law...
           該國開明的政治庇護法
    e.g. The law was passed on a second vote.
           此法在第二次表決時通過。

4. （組織或活動的）規(guī)則，規(guī)章，條例
    The laws of an organization or activity are its rules, which are used to organize and control it.

    e.g. ...the laws of the Church of England...
           英國國教會的教規(guī)
    e.g. Match officials should not tolerate such behaviour but instead enforce the laws of the game.
           賽事官員不應(yīng)縱容這種行為，而應(yīng)嚴格執(zhí)行比賽規(guī)則。

5. 準則；規(guī)矩；道理
    A law is a rule or set of rules for good behaviour which is considered right and important by the majority of people for moral, religious, or emotional reasons.

    e.g. ...inflexible moral laws.
           不容改變的道德準則

6. 規(guī)律；法則
    A law is a natural process in which a particular event or thing always leads to a particular result.

    e.g. The laws of nature are absolute.
           自然法則至高無上。

7. 定律；定理
    A law is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process.

    e.g. ...the law of gravity.
           萬有引力定律

8. 司法界；法律行業(yè)
    Law or the law is all the professions which deal with Advising people about the law, representing people in court, or giving decisions and punishments.

law是什么意思

    e.g. A career in law is becoming increasingly attractive to young people...
           法律行業(yè)對年輕人的吸引力越來越大。
    e.g. Nearly 100 law firms are being referred to the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal.
           近百家律師事務(wù)所被送上律師紀律法庭。

9. 法學(xué)
    Law is the study of systems of law and how laws work.

    e.g. He came to Oxford and studied law...
           他來到牛津?qū)W習(xí)法律。
    e.g. He holds a law degree from Bristol University.
           他擁有布里斯托爾大學(xué)的法律學(xué)位。

10. see also: court of law;rule of law

11. 凌駕于法律之上；高于法律
      If you accuse someone of thinking they are above the law, you criticize them for thinking that they are so clever or important that they do not need to obey the law.

      e.g. One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law...
             議會一名反對黨議員指責(zé)政府意圖凌駕于法律之上。
      e.g. He considered himself above the law.
             他自以為比法還大。

12. 平均律
      The law of averages is the idea that something is sure to happen at some time, because of the number of times it generally happens or is expected to happen.

      e.g. On the law of averages we just can't go on losing.
             根據(jù)平均律，我們不會再輸下去了。

13. 根據(jù)法律；依法
      If you have to do something by law or if you are not allowed to do something by law, the law states that you have to do it or that you are not allowed to do it.

      e.g. By law all restaurants must display their prices outside...
             根據(jù)法律，所有餐廳都必須在店外明示用餐價格。
      e.g. Minicabs are prohibited by law from touting passers-by for business.
             無標志的預(yù)約型出租車沿街拉客是非法的。

14. 訴諸法律；提起訴訟；打官司
      If you go to law, you go to court in order to get a legal judgment on a dispute.

      e.g. He went to law and did not succeed in his claim against us.
             他告上了法庭，但沒有告贏我們。

15. （自以為是地）發(fā)號施令
      If you say that someone lays down the law, you are critical of them because they give other people orders and they think that they are always right.

law是什么意思

      e.g. ...traditional parents, who believed in laying down the law for their offspring.
             認為應(yīng)對子女發(fā)號施令的傳統(tǒng)的家長們

16. 不通過法律自行解決，以暴代法（以懲罰他人或擺平某事）
      If someone takes the law into their own hands, they punish someone or do something to put a situation right, instead of waiting for the police or the legal system to take action.

      e.g. The speeding motorist was pinned to the ground by angry locals who took the law into their own hands until police arrived.
             憤怒的當?shù)厝艘员┐ā獙⒊偎緳C強行按在地上，直至警察趕來。

17. （無視法律或慣例而）我行我素，自行其是
      If you say that someone is a law unto himself or herself, you mean that they behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing things.

      e.g. Some of the landowners were a law unto themselves. There was nobody to check their excesses and they exploited the people.
             某些土地所有者目無法紀。他們橫行霸道，魚肉鄉(xiāng)民。

18. Sod's law -> see sod