law and order

英 [lɔː ənd ˈɔːdə(r)]

美 [lɔː ənd ˈɔːrdər]

n.  法律和秩序; 治安

法律

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柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 法律和秩序；法治
  When there islaw and orderin a country, the laws are generally accepted and obeyed, so that society there functions normally.
  1. If there were a breakdown of law and order, the army might be tempted to intervene.
     如果法治被践踏，军队可能会介入。
  2. ...people who had no respect for law and order.
     不尊重法治的那些人

双语例句

• May I remind you that here law and order means the law of the jungle.
  我可要提醒你，在这儿法律与秩序就是弱肉强食。
• The maintenance of law and order is of vital importance.
  法律与秩序的维持是至关重要的。
• In New Orleans, when flood controls failed, so did law and order.
  在新奥尔良，当洪水失去控制的时候，法律和命令也失去了约束。
• I think from this I came to understand that there must be law and order in our universe.
  我想正是从那时起我开始懂得在我们的宇宙里必须有法律和秩序。
• The state should restrict its activities to the maintenance of law and order.
  政府的活动应限于维护法律和秩序。
• There is a breakdown of law and order following the assassination of the president.
  在总统被刺杀后出现了法律和秩序崩溃。
• Absence of law and order, because the government has lost control or because there is no government.
  因为政府失去控制或因为没有政府，没有法律和秩序。
• A thin veneer of law and order barely keeps the seething, bubbling cauldron of chaos and anarchy in check.
  表面上的几条法令基本控制不住无政府混乱局面的湍流涌动。
• It means buying foreign technology while maintaining control, stability and law and order.
  它意味着购买外国技术，同时保持控制、稳定、法律和秩序。
• They have no conception of law and order.
  他们没有法律和秩序的观念。