law

英 [l??] 美[l?]

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復(fù)數(shù):?laws;

law 法律

來(lái)自PIE*legh,放置，詞源同lie,lay.引申詞義放置的標(biāo)桿，準(zhǔn)繩，法規(guī)，法律等。詞義演變比較doom,statute。

law: law: [10] Etymologically, a law is that which has been ‘laid’ down. English borrowed the word from Old Norse *lagu (replacing the native Old English ? ‘law’), which was the plural of lag ‘laying, good order’. This came ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base *lag- ‘put’, from which English gets lay. It has no etymological connection with the semantically similar legal.
=> lay
law (n.): Old English lagu (plural laga, comb. form lah-) "law, ordinance, rule, regulation; district governed by the same laws," from Old Norse *lagu "law," collective plural of lag "layer, measure, stroke," literally "something laid down or fixed," from Proto-Germanic *lagan "put, lay" (see lay (v.)).

Replaced Old English ? and gesetnes, which had the same sense development as law. Compare also statute, from Latin statuere; German Gesetz "law," from Old High German gisatzida; Lithuanian istatymas, from istatyti "set up, establish." In physics, from 1660s. Law and order have been coupled since 1796.

1. The letter merely restated the law of the land.: 這封信只不過(guò)重復(fù)了一下土地法。

2. Mrs Allen's style of cooking owes much to her mother-in-law.: 艾倫太太的烹飪風(fēng)格很大程度上承傳于她的婆婆。

3. Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.: 艾森豪威爾用他的影響力說(shuō)服國(guó)會(huì)修改了該項(xiàng)法律。

4. Traditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.: 英國(guó)的亞裔年輕人通常被吸引到醫(yī)學(xué)、法律及工程專(zhuān)業(yè)。

5. Namibian law permits ranchers to shoot cheetahs to protect their livestock.: 納米比亞法律允許農(nóng)場(chǎng)主射殺獵豹以保護(hù)家畜。