单词 | the letter of the law |
释义 | the letter of the law phrase [preposition PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] See full dictionary entry for letter 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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