| 单词 | lawful |
| 释义 | lawful (lɔːfʊl ) adjective If an activity, organization, or product is lawful, it is allowed by law. [formal] It remains lawful to own these swords but not to carry them in public. Hunting was a lawful activity. Synonyms: legal, constitutional, just, proper lawfully adverb [ADVERB with verb] They are trying to establish whether the police acted lawfully in shooting him. Collocations: lawful authority When setting out the first condition for just rebellion we might say, instead of 'lawful authority' 'credible authority'. The Times Literary Supplement Keeping prisoners in degrading conditions hardens them in animosity towards lawful authority and coarsens a society that consigns them there. Times, Sunday Times In addition, his peremptory suspension was ruled as 'illegal and without lawful authority'. Times, Sunday Times He denies charges of collaborating with others to overthrow the lawful authority of a prison and taking a photo in jail without permission. The Sun The judge said that there were few more important principles than that no one must be locked up without lawful authority. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 合法的 Japanese: 合法的な |
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