| 单词 | legal |
| 释义 | legal (once / 76 pages) adj Legal means having to do with the law, or following the law. Attorneys work in the legal profession but may not always be so lucky as to find a legal parking spot near their office. A legal scholar is someone who studies law. A legal search and seizure is when the cops come to you house with a warrant. A legal apartment is one that meets building code and is in an appropriately zoned neighborhood. Legal's opposite is illegal, which means against the law. WORD FAMILYlegal: illegal, legaler, legalise, legalism, legality, legalize, legally, nonlegal+/illegal: illegalise, illegality, illegalize, illegally/illegality: illegalities/illegalize: illegalized/legalise: legalisation, legalised, legalises, legalising/legalism: legalisms/legality: legalities/legalize: legalization, legalized, legalizes, legalizing USAGE EXAMPLESAlthough satisfied with the ruling, Chen vowed to continue legal challenges to force an apology. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) His email abstention is not merely about information security or limiting his legal liability, however. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Opposition leaders said they were not celebrating the prime minister’s legal struggles. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules Syn|Ant lawful conformable to or allowed by law court-orderedordered by a court of law judicialdecreed by or proceeding from a court of justice jural, juristicof or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations lawful, legitimate, licitauthorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law ratified, sanctionedformally approved and invested with legal authority statutoryprescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute sub judicebefore a judge or court of law; awaiting judicial determination legitimateof marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful illegal prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules unlawfulcontrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law amerciableof a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge banned, prohibitedforbidden by law black, black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggleddistributed or sold illicitly criminal, feloniousinvolving or being or having the nature of a crime dirty, ill-gottenobtained illegally or by improper means embezzled, misappropriatedtaken for your own use in violation of a trust extrajudicialbeyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted extralegal, nonlegalnot regulated or sanctioned by law hotrecently stolen or smuggled illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawfulcontrary to or forbidden by law ineligibleprohibited by official rules misbranded, mislabeledbranded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements penal, punishablesubject to punishment by law under-the-counterdone or sold illicitly and secretly; unratifiedlacking legal authority illegitimateof marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful irregularcontrary to rule or accepted order or general practice 2adj of or relating to jurisprudence legal loophole 3adj relating to or characteristic of the profession of law the legal profession 4adj allowed by official rules a legal pass receiver Syn eligible qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen 5adj having legal efficacy or force Syn effectual, sound valid well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force |
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