单词 | natural law |
释义 | natural law (once / 2495 pages) n WORD FAMILY natural law: natural laws USAGE EXAMPLESPeople are not happy with their lives, the natural laws and truths cannot be subverted. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) It’s natural law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. New York Times(Sep 27, 2016) When she sat down, he began to talk of natural law and natural justice, and justice and group decisions and personal decisions. New York Times(Aug 04, 2016) n a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society Syn|Hypo|Hyper law divine law a law that is believed to come directly from God principlea basic truth or law or assumption sound lawa law describing sound changes in the history of a language dictatea guiding principle basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentalsprinciples from which other truths can be derived logicthe principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle(psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality reality principle(psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it insurrectionismthe principle of revolt against constituted authority conservation(physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations Grimm's lawa sound law relating German consonants and consonants in other Indo-European languages Verner's lawa qualification of Grimm's law Taothe ultimate principle of the universe concept, conception, construct an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances |
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