law

legge

Una regola ufficiale che le persone di un paese o di un’organizzazione devono rispettare.

In inglese semplice: An official rule that people in a country or organization must obey.

• You must obey the law.
• The government passed a new law.
• These laws protect workers from unfair treatment.

Come si usa: law against something (There is a law against selling alcohol to children.); law on something (The law on smoking changed last year.)

Sinonimi: rule, legislation, statute

Espressioni comuni: break the law, obey the law, a new law, criminal law

giurisprudenza, diritto

Lo studio delle leggi e di come vengono applicate dai tribunali.

In inglese semplice: The study of official rules and how courts use them.

• She wants to study law.
• He has a degree in law.
• Our law professor worked as a judge.

Sinonimi: legal studies, jurisprudence

Espressioni comuni: study law, law school, a law degree

legge, principio

Un principio che descrive ciò che accade sempre in una certa situazione.

In inglese semplice: A principle that describes what always happens in a particular situation.

• They saw this as a universal law.
• The law of supply and demand explains the price rise.
• He claimed to have discovered a basic law of human behavior.

Come si usa: law of something (The law of supply and demand affects prices.)

Sinonimi: principle, rule

Espressioni comuni: a universal law, a law of nature, an economic law

legge

Una regola scientifica che descrive come si comportano le cose in natura in determinate condizioni.

In inglese semplice: A scientific statement describing how things in nature behave under particular conditions.

• We studied the laws of motion.
• This experiment demonstrates a basic physical law.
• The engineer used a law of thermodynamics to calculate the energy loss.

Come si usa: law of something (The law of gravity explains why objects fall.)

Sinonimi: scientific principle

Espressioni comuni: law of gravity, a physical law, a scientific law

polizia

La polizia, soprattutto quando cerca di catturare qualcuno che ha commesso un reato.

In inglese semplice: The police, especially when they are trying to catch someone who has committed a crime.

• The law finally caught him.
• She hid before the law arrived.
• The robbers thought they could escape the law.

Sinonimi: police

Espressioni comuni: the law arrives, escape the law, the law catches

regola, legge

Una regola su come ci si deve comportare, anche se non è una legge dello Stato.

In inglese semplice: A rule about how people should behave, whether or not a government has made it official.

• Kindness was the first law of their community.
• Respecting guests is an unwritten law here.
• Their religious laws forbid certain foods.

Sinonimi: rule, principle, code

Espressioni comuni: moral law, an unwritten law, religious law