n.

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

   那是违反法律的。

2. （个别的）法律，法规[C][（+against）]
   The Congress passed a new bankruptcy law.

   国会通过了一项新的破产法。

3. （运动、艺术等的）规则，守则[C]
   Do you know the laws of the game?

   你知道这项比赛的规则吗？

4. （科学等的）法则，定律，原则[C]
   He is interested in the laws of nature.

   他对自然界法则很有兴趣。

5. 法学，法律学[U]
   He studies law.

   他研究法学。

6. 司法界，律师业[U][the S]
   He plans to enter the law.

   他打算做律师。

7. 诉讼[U]
   I'll take him to law.

   我将与他对簿公堂。

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

   警察来到谋杀现场。

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.