英 [ˈlɔːfl] 美 [ˈlɔːfl]
adj. 合法的，法律许可的；法定的
lawful /ˈlɔːfʊl/ CET6 TEM4
形容词 If an activity, organization, or product is lawful, it is allowed by law. 合法的
The detention of the fugitive was lawful.
对逃亡者的拘留是合法的。
副词 合法地
Amnesty International is trying to establish whether the police acted lawfully in shooting him.
大赦国际正试图证实警察向他开枪是否合法。
conformable to or allowed by law
lawful methods of dissent
according to custom or rule or natural law
同义词： orderly / rule-governed
authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
同义词： legitimate / licit
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Besides some lawful debts, there also are lots of debts and obligations in the sectors of the governments in villages and towns in some kinds of names.
除一些合法的债务外,乡镇政府及其职能部门以各种名义举借了大量债务。
参考来源乡镇政府债务问题研究
”5 该种学说均认为保险法上的保险利益不仅仅是合法的(lawful)，不为法律所禁止的，而且应该是来源于法律所确定的权利(legal)，实定法的保护范围决定了保险利益的外部周延。
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合法的；法定的；法律许可的
legal / legitimate / statutory
The detention of the fugitive was lawful.
对逃亡者的拘留是合法的。
Lawful job search sites offer levels of privacy protection.
合法的求职网站会在不同程度上保护隐私。
However, he will not go until he receives the lawful signal.
然而，在收到合法的信号之前，他是不会走的。
The policy statement says consumers must be able to get the lawful content, applications and services of their choice.
VOA : special.2009.09.25
He did no injustice to Uriah because, as the lawful sovereign, he could do any, not just anything he liked but whatever he did was set by the rules of the law.
大卫的做法对乌利亚之所以仍是公正的，是因为他作为君主，他的任意举止作为,都是合理合法的。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
That's what you learn, Hobbes believes, from the reading of Aristotle and the Greeks and Romans, regicide, that the only legitimate form of government is a republic and that it is a lawful and even it's your duty to kill your king.
唯一合法的政府应当是共和政体的政府，而且弑君在一定意义上也应当是合法的,甚至那还有可能是你应尽的义务,这就是那些年轻人从阅读亚里士多德,和古希腊罗马书籍中学到的东西。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It requires police to confirm the immigration status of a person they meet during a lawful stop.
VOA : special.2010.07.03
ruled against Comcast for interfering with traffic to a lawful music and video sharing site.
VOA : special.2009.09.25
Without a lawful Social Security number, undocumenteds will never participate in Social Security or Medicare.
This technology should be made permanently lawful for personal use, creation, trafficking and selling.
When government acts in excess of its lawful powers, that liberty is at stake.
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