illegal

• adj. [法] 非法的；違法的；違反規(guī)則的
• n. 非法移民；間諜

il-,不，非，來自in-在以字母l開頭前的拼寫異化形式，legal,合法的。

illegal (adj.)

1620s, from French illégal or directly from Medieval Latin illegalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin legalis (see legal). Term illegal immigrant first recorded 1892 in American English (illegal immigration is from 1887).

1. By-laws are to make it illegal to smoke in public.

地方法規(guī)將規(guī)定在公共場合抽煙為非法。

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2. Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.

雇主以種族或國籍為由歧視員工是非法的。

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3. He repeated that he had never knowingly taken illegal drugs.

他再三強(qiáng)調(diào)自己從沒有故意吸毒。

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4. Despite his illegal act, few people think badly of him.

盡管他干了違法的事情，但很少有人認(rèn)為他不好。

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5. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.

他推測自己已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了一條非法活動(dòng)猖獗的街道。

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