illegal

英 [ɪ'liːɡl] 美 [ɪ'liːɡl]

• adj. 非法的；不合法的
• n. 非法移民

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 不合法的,违法的

   against the law

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 非法的，不合法的，违法的，不法的
2. 违反规则的，不合规定的
3. 没有执照的
4. 无效的
5. 违禁的

n. 名词

1. 非法移民
2. 间谍，密探
3. 非法劳工
4. 非法动作

英英释义

Adjective:

1. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules;

   "an illegal chess move"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The jewellery firm is just a front for their illegal trade in diamonds.
   该珠宝公司不过是进行非法的钻石交易的幌子。
2. All protests are brutally repressed by the government as illegal.
   所有的抗议活动都遭到当局的野蛮镇压，并被宣布为非法。
3. Their speculative buying of grain is illegal.
   他们投机购买谷物是不合法的。
4. Abortion is illegal in this country.
   人工流产在这个国家是不合法的。
5. It's illegal to read people's private letters without permission.
   未经允许看别人的私人信件是不合法的。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The illegals couldn't be admitted by the authority.
   非法移民是不被政府认可的。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. It was an illegal act and will lead to your arrest.
   这是非法行为,足以将你送入监狱。
2. In this sentence the writer uses an illegal construction.
   在本句中,作者使用了一个不合语法的结构。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. He never does anything that is illegal.
   他从来不做非法的事。

It is/was+～+(for sb) to- v

1. It is illegal to park your car here.
   把车停在这里是违法的。
2. It's illegal for people under 17 to drive a car in Britain.
   在英国,17岁以下的人驾驶车辆是违法的。

经典引文

• All taxation without consent of Parliament was declared illegal.

  出自： C. Hill

• The car wasn't registered...It was strictly illegal.

  出自： W. Wharton

• The party has also asked the government to..evict all illegal migrants from tribal..lands.

  出自：Sunday (Calcutta)

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• illegal act 违法的行为
• illegal trial 非法审讯

～+动词

• illegal to say sth 说某事是违法的

词源解说

• ☆ 1620年左右进入英语，直接源自中古拉丁语的illegalis，意为不合法的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• illicit
• unlawful

【反义词】

• lawful
• legal