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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.
If someone does a bad thing with impunity如果有人with impunity做壞事(不受懲罰地做壞事),they do not have to fear punishment他們不用擔心受罰。No fine that bites, no court, no real scolding沒有真的痛的罰款、沒有上法院、沒有真正的責罵——the rule is there規定是存在的,but it does not touch them但碰不到他們。
English almost always packs the word into the phrase with impunity. It is a serious, slightly formal word.
English almost always packs the word英文幾乎總是把這個字包進into the phrase with impunitywith impunity這個片語裡。It is a serious, slightly formal word這是一個嚴肅、有點正式的字。
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.
You will meet it in news, law, and essays你會在新聞、法律和文章裡碰到它,not in chat about a child taking one extra biscuit不會用在聊小孩多拿一片餅乾這種閒聊,unless someone is being dramatic on purpose除非有人故意講得誇張。Though actually不過其實,speakers stretch it whenever they feel the rules do not reach a person只要覺得規矩碰不到某個人,大家就會把這個字用得更廣,often someone rich or powerful通常是有錢或有權的人。
The feeling in the word is not only “they got away with it.” It is also “that is not fair.”
The feeling in the word is not only “they got away with it.”這個字帶的感覺不只是『他逃過了』,It is also “that is not fair.”也帶著『這不公平』的感覺。
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,原文照列,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/
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lawExemption from punishment.
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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.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。