law
gb/lˈɔ/ us/lˈɔ/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 400
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
Rules set by a government
The rules made by a government to control what people can and cannot do.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone/something] is against the law
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'law' (the system of rules) with 'rule' (a specific instruction, often less formal).
คำพ้องความหมาย
legislation (Refers specifically to laws that have been formally enacted by a legislative body.)
คำตรงข้าม
anarchy (The absence of laws or governmental authority.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
break the law
|against the law
|obey the law
|enforce the law
|pass a law
หัวข้อ
government
|society
|justice
|law
|politics
ตัวอย่าง
- Stealing is against the law in every country.
- The new law requires all drivers to wear seat belts.
- Police officers are responsible for enforcing the law.
- The government passed a law to protect endangered species.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- It is against the law to steal.
- The law says you must pay taxes.
- The police make sure people follow the law.
- A new law was made last year.
คำนาม
B1
entity
2
An individual legal rule
One rule in the system of laws.
รูปแบบการใช้:
pass [a law]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes use 'law' instead of 'rule' for non-legal contexts, such as sports or games.
คำพ้องความหมาย
statute (A formal written law passed by a legislative body.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
pass a law
|change a law
|repeal a law
|law against [something]
หัวข้อ
government
|justice
|law
ตัวอย่าง
- A new law was passed to ban smoking in restaurants.
- This law protects workers from unfair dismissal.
- There is no law against walking barefoot in public.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The city has a new law about parking.
- This law says children must go to school.
- We want to change this old law.
คำนาม
B2
entity
3
The study or profession of law
The study or job of working with laws and courts.
รูปแบบการใช้:
study [law] / practice [law]
คำพ้องความหมาย
jurisprudence (A more formal or academic term for the theory or philosophy of law.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
study law
|practice law
|law school
หัวข้อ
education
|profession
|law
|work
ตัวอย่าง
- She studied law at Harvard University.
- After graduating, he began practicing law in New York.
- Law is a competitive field that requires years of study.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- She wants to study law at university.
- He works in law as a lawyer.
- Law is not easy to learn.
คำนาม
technical
B2
entity
4
Scientific principle describing nature
A scientific rule that always happens in nature when certain things occur.
คำพ้องความหมาย
principle (A general truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for reasoning or action.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
law of physics
|Newton's laws
หัวข้อ
science
|education
ตัวอย่าง
- Newton's first law explains how objects move when no force acts on them.
- The law of gravity affects everything on Earth.
- Scientific laws are based on evidence and observation.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The law of gravity pulls things down.
- Newton's laws explain movement.
- This is a scientific law about heat.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
law
IPA
GB/lˈɔ/
US/lˈɔ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
law (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (law)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: law
- Plural: law, laws
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
laws
noun
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
Advanced or less common
legalization
noun
lawlessness
noun
วลีและสำนวน
against the law
1/əɡˈɛnst ðə lˈɔ/
fixed phrase
Illegal according to the law
Not allowed by the rules made by the government.
ตัวอย่าง
- It is against the law to drive without insurance.
- Selling alcohol to minors is against the law.
by law
2/bˈaɪ lˈɔ/
fixed phrase
As required by legal rules
Because the rules made by the government say so.
ตัวอย่าง
- By law, all food products must have labels showing ingredients.
- Employers are required by law to provide safe working conditions.
law and order
3/lˈɔ ˈænd ˈɔɹdɚ/
fixed phrase
Peace maintained by obeying laws
When people follow the rules and there is peace in society.
ตัวอย่าง
- The police are working hard to maintain law and order in the city.
- Without law and order, society would fall into chaos.
lay down the law
1/lˈeɪ dˈaʊn ðə lˈɔ/
idiom
informal
State rules firmly
To tell people what they must do in a strict way.
ตัวอย่าง
- The teacher laid down the law on cheating from day one.
- The teacher laid down the law about homework deadlines.
- At home, my parents laid down the law about curfews.
- He laid down the law to his children about bedtime.