n.

1. 法，法律[the S]
   That is against the law.

   那是違反法律的。

2. （個別的）法律，法規[C][（+against）]
   The Congress passed a new bankruptcy law.

   國會通過了一項新的破產法。

3. （運動，藝術等的）規則，守則[C]
   Do you know the laws of the game?

   你知道這項比賽的規則嗎？

4. （科學等的）法則，定律，原則[C]
   He is interested in the laws of nature.

   他對自然界法則很有興趣。

5. 法學，法律學[U]
   He studies law.

   他研究法學。

6. 司法界，律師業[U][the S]
   He plans to enter the law.

   他打算做律師。

7. 訴訟[U]
   I'll take him to law.

   我將與他對簿公堂。

8. 【口】警察；警官[the S][G]
   The law arrived on the scene of murder.

   警察來到謀殺現場。

n.

1. a rule or system of rules recognized by a country or community as regulating the actions of its members and enforced by the imposition of penalties.
   ▸such rules as a subject of study or as the basis of the legal profession.
   ▸statute law and the common law.
   ▸something regarded as having binding force or effect:

   his word was law.
   ▸ (the law) informal the police.
2. a rule defining correct procedure or behaviour in a sport.
3. a statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present.
4. the body of divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other religious texts.
   ▸ (the Law) the Pentateuch.
   ▸ (also the Law of Moses) the precepts of the Pentateuch.