- 1不受懲罰；有罪不罰。固定講法是 with impunity。口語的「逍遙法外」偏指人還在外面晃，不完全等同。
If someone does a bad thing with impunity, they do not have to fear punishment. No fine that bites, no court, no real — the rule is there, but it does not touch them. English almost always packs the word into the phrase with impunity. It is a serious, slightly formal word. You will meet it in news, law, and essays, not in chat about a child taking one extra , unless someone is being dramatic on purpose. Though actually, speakers stretch it whenever they feel the rules do not reach a person, often someone rich or powerful. The feeling in the word is not only “they got away with it.” It is also “that is not fair.”
From the word’s history
From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunis 'without punishment'.
源自拉丁文 impunis「不受懲罰的」，經中古法文進入英文。
組成From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”). The im- piece means “not / without.”
同家族的字
- punishsame old idea of punishment; impunity is acting without that
- punishmentthe cost that does not come
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
impunitynoun/ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/
- 1
lawExemption from punishment.
- 2
Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
- Maternus, a private ſoldier, of a daring boldneſs above his ſtation,[…] plundered with impunity the rich and defenceleſs cities of Gaul and Spain.
- I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
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