Word · Frequency #21684
lawlessnesses
目无法纪;无法无天
lawlessnesses is the plural of lawlessness.
核心释义
lawlessness
- 1.
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.
- 2.
藐视法律;犯法行为,犯罪率极高。
Defiance of the law; outlawry, exorbitant levels of crime.
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
用法In use
After the hurricane, the city briefly fell into lawlessness, with shops being broken into.
用法提示:此处 lawlessness 为名词,作 fell into 的宾语,表示无法无天的状态。
The villagers blamed the lawlessness on the lack of a working police force.
用法提示:名词 lawlessness 作 blamed 的宾语,指目无法纪的现象。
The principal's strict new policy was meant to stop the lawlessness that had been spreading through the school.
用法提示:名词 lawlessness 作 stop 的宾语,表示无法无天的行为。
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]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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”。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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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