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单词 the letter of the law
释义
the letter of the law
phrase [preposition PHRASE, PHRASE after verb]
If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law , you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this.
They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.
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