illegal
英 [ɪ'liːg(ə)l]
美[ɪ'ligl]
- adj. [法] 非法的；违法的；违反规则的
- n. 非法移民；间谍
词态变化
复数: illegals;副词: illegally;
中文词源
illegal 非法的
il-,不，非，来自in-在以字母l开头前的拼写异化形式，legal,合法的。
英文词源
- illegal (adj.)
- 1620s, from French illégal or directly from Medieval Latin illegalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin legalis (see legal). Term illegal immigrant first recorded 1892 in American English (illegal immigration is from 1887).
双语例句
- 1. By-laws are to make it illegal to smoke in public.
- 地方法规将规定在公共场合抽烟为非法。
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- 2. Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.
- 雇主以种族或国籍为由歧视员工是非法的。
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- 3. He repeated that he had never knowingly taken illegal drugs.
- 他再三强调自己从没有故意吸毒。
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- 4. Despite his illegal act, few people think badly of him.
- 尽管他干了违法的事情，但很少有人认为他不好。
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- 5. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
- 他推测自己已经发现了一条非法活动猖獗的街道。
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