英语词汇“the long arm of the law”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. the long arm of the law and variants: the (far-reaching, inescapable, or punitive) power and influence of the law, esp. (in later use) as represented by the police; the police force. Cf. the strong arm of —— at strong arm n. 1a.

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1767 Public Advertiser 14 Dec. How difficult..it is even for the Long Arms of the Law to prevent mutual Oppression, Avarice, Ambition and Excess.

1826 G. L. Smyth Monuments & Genii St. Paul's Cathedral & Westm. Abbey II. 524 The tailor pursued him in his retreat with the long arm of the law.

1878 Mag: Story of To-day viii. 74/1 A vigilant police..will arrest him... He will be reached by the long arm of the law.

1931 A. Gibbs New Crusade 78 The long arm of the law, white sleeved,..was raised against the further progress of her vehicle.

1984 Field & Stream Oct. 16/3 I sprinted..up the slope, expecting at any moment to be grasped bodily by the long arm of the law.

2006 J. B. Twitchell Where Men Hide ii. 49 It took some traveling to assemble an audience safely outside the long arm of the law.

单词	the long arm of the law
释义	> as lemmas the long arm of the law b. the long arm of the law and variants: the (far-reaching, inescapable, or punitive) power and influence of the law, esp. (in later use) as represented by the police; the police force. Cf. the strong arm of —— at strong arm n. 1a. ΚΠ 1767 Public Advertiser 14 Dec. How difficult..it is even for the Long Arms of the Law to prevent mutual Oppression, Avarice, Ambition and Excess. 1826 G. L. Smyth Monuments & Genii St. Paul's Cathedral & Westm. Abbey II. 524 The tailor pursued him in his retreat with the long arm of the law. 1878 Mag: Story of To-day viii. 74/1 A vigilant police..will arrest him... He will be reached by the long arm of the law. 1931 A. Gibbs New Crusade 78 The long arm of the law, white sleeved,..was raised against the further progress of her vehicle. 1984 Field & Stream Oct. 16/3 I sprinted..up the slope, expecting at any moment to be grasped bodily by the long arm of the law. 2006 J. B. Twitchell Where Men Hide ii. 49 It took some traveling to assemble an audience safely outside the long arm of the law. extracted from long armn.¹ < as lemmas
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