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

• The function of a policeman is to preserve law and order.
  警察的职责是维护法律和治安。
• Defenders of law and order, they had no desire to defend a dead regime.
  他们身为法律和秩序的捍卫者，却根本不想去保卫一个行将死亡的政权。
• The president relied on the coercive powers of the military and the police to enforce law and order.
  总统依靠军队和警察的高压手段来实施法律和维持秩序。
• 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。
• The breakdown of law and order could result in killing on a massive scale
  法治一旦崩溃可能导致大肆杀戮。
• The international system of law and order, by contrast, remains highly imperfect.
  国际法的体系和规定，相对而言依旧很不完善。
• The police are guardians of law and order.
  警察是法律和秩序的护卫者。
• The Tories have lost the plot on law and order.
  保守党人在治安问题上不知所措。
• 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。
• 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。