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单词

outlaw

读音
ˈaʊtlɔː
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英式
词根

"Outlaw"的词根是"law","law"表示"法律","out-"前缀在这里的含义是"超出,不在…之内"。

释义

n. 歹徒,罪犯;亡命之徒,逃犯;被剥夺法律保护者 v. 宣布……为不合法;禁止,取缔;将……放逐;剥夺……的法律保护 n. (Outlaw) (美)奥特洛(人名) [ 复数 outlaws 第三人称单数 outlaws 现在分词 outlawing 过去式 outlawed 过去分词 outlawed ]

例句

Jesse was an outlaw, a bandit, a criminal.
杰西曾是个逃犯、土匪、罪犯。
Art thou indeed that famous outlaw?
你真的是那个有名的绿林好汉吗?
It is therefore highly likely that the outlaw fishing boats harvested about 9,000 tons of lobster illegally that year.
因此,当年非法捕捞的渔船很可能非法捕捞了约9000吨龙虾。

强化记忆

观察"Outlaw"的词根和词缀,可以帮助我们理解并记住这个单词。"-law"表示"法律","out-"在这里表示"在…之外",因此"outlaw"就代表了那些超出法律保护的人,意为"犯罪者"或"剥夺法律保护的人"。

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They had wanted Congressto outlaw copying full-stop.So when the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 was passed,
They're helping each other do it.They're doing it through an outlaw thing,the informal economy.
So canny outlaws are better than nothing,but it's hard to imagine any canny outlawsustaining that for an indefinite period of time.
including marriage.American states began to outlaw not only interracial marriagebut cousin marriage as well.
So in formal debate, nothing is a topic unless it is controversial:that we should raise the voting age, outlaw gambling.But the debaters don't choose their sides.
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GRE填空及阅读机经,专八真题近十五年,经济学人(The Economist)