the law

The activities of credit companies are regulated by law.

信贷公司的业务受法律的制约。

The law is not the best instrument for dealing with family matters.

法律并不是处理家庭问题的最佳方法。

Lack of punishment seems to give youngsters licence to break the law.

由于缺少惩罚，年轻人似乎便恣意违法。

It took the combined efforts of both the press and the public to bring about a change in the law.

这项法律的变更来自媒体和公众的通力合作。

The law makes a distinct difference between these two cases.

法律对这两种情况作出了明确的区分。

The law was designed to protect wives, and, to a lesser extent, children.

这条法律是为了保护妻子，其次是保护子女。

The letter merely restated the law of the land.

这封信只不过重复了一下土地法。

Motorists regularly flout the law.

驾车者经常无视法律。

Keep applying and by the law of averages you'll get a job sooner or later.

继续申请吧，根据平均律你迟早会找到工作的。

We need to restore respect for the law-enforcement agencies.

我们需要重塑执法机构的声望。

If they entered the building they would be breaking the law .

如果进入那栋大楼，他们就会触犯法律。

They found a way of circumventing the law.

他们找到了规避法律的途径。

Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.

艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。

They questioned the constitutionality of the law.

他们质疑这项法律是否符合宪法。

This brings the law into line with most medical opinion.

这使得该法与绝大多数医学见解保持了一致。

We have found some drivers clueless as to the law.

我们发现有些司机对这一法规一无所知。

They insist on sticking to the letter of the law.

他们坚持严守法律的字面意义。

The law could arrest the development of good research if applied prematurely.

如果草率施行，该法律将会阻滞高质量研究的进展。

The law allows doctors to prescribe contraception to the under 16s.

法律允许医生给16岁以下未成年人开避孕药。

We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives.

我们处于左右为难的窘境，不知是要违法还是要拿生命冒险。

Until this week, every attempt to tighten up the law had failed.

到本周为止，一切旨在严格执法的努力都失败了。

Anyone who breaks the law does so at their peril.

违法者要自担后果。

We reject any suggestion that the law needs amending.

对于任何暗示该法律需要修改的观点我们都拒绝接受。

If you make aggression pay, this becomes the law of the jungle.

如果你通过侵略谋取利益，这就成了弱肉强食。

On the law of averages we just can't go on losing.

根据平均律，我们不会再输下去了。

We have argued consistently for a change in the law.

我们一直坚持不懈地鼓吹要更改法律。

Clearly, the police cannot break the law in order to enforce it.

显然，警方不能为了执法而犯法。

Many struggling firms are ready to break the law by dodging tax.

很多挣扎求生的企业不惜违法逃税。

The Law recognises the weakness of claims based on retrospective knowledge.

法律基于追溯效力的相关规定认定索赔证据不足。

The law prevented the employment of children under ten in the cotton mills.

法律禁止棉纺厂雇用十岁以下的童工。