喜樂美語
  1. 1nC2/ˌledʒɪˈsleɪʃən/法律／立法

    A law, or a set of laws, that a government makes.

    that a government makes政府制定的 A law, or a set of laws一項法律，或一套法律

    示範例句 · Example

    The government passed new legislation to protect the ocean.

    逐字政府通過了新的立法來保護海洋。

    「legislation」指政府正式通過的「法律」或「一整套法律」，是比 law 更正式、書面的說法，常出現在新聞和官方文件裡。它是不可數名詞：要數的時候說 a piece of legislation（一項法律），不能說 a legislation。

    常見搭配

    • a piece of legislation

      一項法律

      one particular law

      This is an important piece of legislation for wildlife.

    • new legislation

      新法律

      a recently made law

      New legislation will make recycling easier for families.

    • legislation on something

      關於某事的法律

      a law about a particular subject

      The country has strong legislation on clean water.

    • introduce/bring in legislation

      推出、引進法律

      to start a new law

      They plan to introduce legislation to reduce plastic waste.

    意思相近

    lawlawsstatuteactregulation

core核心畫面

One way to hold it: law as a body of written rules a government has passed. Not one clause and not the courts — the whole block of text that now applies to everybody, and the act of putting it in place.

可以想成政府通過、白紙黑字寫下來的那一整套規定：不是某一條，也不是法院那一邊，而是現在對所有人生效的那一大塊文字，以及把它訂出來的這件事。中文看場合譯成「法律」或「立法」。

同家族的字

意思相近

lawlawsstatuteactregulation

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

legislationnoun/ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən/

  • 1

    The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.

    • pass legislation
    • There is a lack of legislation about human cloning.
  • 2

    A law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body.

    • The general rule is that constitutional provisions are self-executing, except when the provisions themselves expressly require legislations to implement them […]
    • Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness.

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