Word · Frequency #21684
lawlessness
目无法纪；无法无天
lawlessness
- 1.
A lack of law; a lack of law and order; anarchy.
无法纪；缺乏法律和秩序；无政府状态。
- 2.
Defiance of the law; outlawry, exorbitant levels of crime.
藐视法律；犯法行为,犯罪率极高。
无法纪；缺乏法律和秩序；无政府状态。；藐视法律；犯法行为,犯罪率极高。；不服从法律; 不受法律制约; 未实施法律; 目无法纪
In use
After the hurricane, the city briefly fell into lawlessness, with shops being broken into.
The villagers blamed the lawlessness on the lack of a working police force.
The principal's strict new policy was meant to stop the lawlessness that had been spreading through the school.
an act of lawlessness
lawlessness 通常为不可数名词；要指具体的一起事件，可用 an act of lawlessness。
The vandalism was an act of lawlessness.
这起故意破坏行为是一种目无法纪的行为。
lawlessness in [place]
表示在某地存在无法无天现象，用 lawlessness in + 地名。
Lawlessness in the border region has increased.
边境地区的无法无天现象有所加剧。
the lawlessness of [place/group]
Connections
Collocations
- state of lawlessness
- 无法无天的状态；无政府状态
- After the storm, the city fell into a state of lawlessness.风暴过后，这座城市陷入了无法无天的状态。
- spiral into lawlessness
- 陷入无法无天的境地
- Without effective governance, the region could quickly spiral into lawlessness.如果没有有效的治理，该地区可能迅速陷入无法无天的境地。
- widespread lawlessness
- 大规模的无序状态；普遍的不法现象
- The military was deployed to contain widespread lawlessness in the capital.军队被部署来遏制首都大规模的无序状态。
- acts of lawlessness
- 违法乱纪行为
- The government condemned the attacks as acts of lawlessness.政府谴责这些袭击是违法乱纪行为。
- lawlessness prevails
- 无法无天盛行；秩序荡然无存
- In the absence of police, lawlessness prevails in the streets.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 law（法律）和 less（无）拼在一起，想象“没有法律”的混乱场面，名词后缀 ness 表示状态，就是“无法无天”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、法律与社会评论、历史或政治论述 该词通常用于较正式的书面语境，如新闻报道、法律与社会评论或历史政治论述，强调处于缺乏法律约束、目无法纪的状态或现象；日常口语中较少使用，可换用更口语化的说法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only flawlessness rhymes exactly with lawlessness (both end /ˈɔːləsnəs/). Lawless and flawless share the /ˈɔːləs/ sound but do not rhyme with the full word; hopelessness and ruthlessness are lookalikes with the same '-lessness' spelling but different stressed vowels (/ˈhoʊpləsnəs/, /ˈruːθləsnəs/).
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