1
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。
目无法纪；无法无天
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
目无法纪；无法无天
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。
无法纪；缺乏法律和秩序；无政府状态。
A lack of law; a lack of law and order; anarchy.
藐视法律；犯法行为,犯罪率极高。
Defiance of the law; outlawry, exorbitant levels of crime.
After the hurricane, the city briefly fell into lawlessness, with shops being broken into.
飓风过后，这座城市短暂地陷入了无法无天的状态，商店被人闯入。
The villagers blamed the lawlessness on the lack of a working police force.
村民们把这种目无法纪的状况归咎于没有一支正常运作的警察队伍。
The principal's strict new policy was meant to stop the lawlessness that had been spreading through the school.
校长严格的新政策旨在阻止一直在学校蔓延的目无法纪行为。
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。
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。
用 the lawlessness of + 名词/代词，强调行为主体或所属地区。
The lawlessness of the occupied city shocked the world.
被占领城市的目无法纪令全世界震惊。
Not this
The lawless in the city is getting worse.
Use this
The lawlessness in the city is getting worse.
lawless 是形容词，不能作主语；此处需要名词 lawlessness 来表示‘目无法纪/无法无天’的状态。
Not this
Those gangsters are lawlessness.
Use this
Those gangsters are lawless.
be 动词后应接形容词作表语，表示主语的性质；lawlessness 是名词，不能作表语，应改用形容词 lawless。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
无法无天盛行；秩序荡然无存
In the absence of police, lawlessness prevails in the streets.
在没有警察的情况下，街头无法无天盛行。
因为那不法的奥秘已经在运行。
When the police force was disbanded, the city quickly fell into lawlessness, exactly as the biblical warning described.
当警察部队被解散后，这座城市迅速陷入无法无天的状态，正如圣经中的警告所描述的那样。
Use lawlessness naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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”。
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。
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/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.