contravene

英 [ˌkɒntrəˈviːn]

美 [ˌkɑːntrəˈviːn]

v.  违犯，违反(法律或规则)

现在分词：contravening　过去式：contravened　第三人称单数：contravenes　过去分词：contravened　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14613 / COCA.24626

牛津词典

verb

• 违犯，违反（法律或规则）
  to do sth that is not allowed by a law or rule
  1. The company was found guilty of contravening safety regulations.
     那家公司被判违反了安全条例。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 违反，违背，触犯(法律或规则)
  Tocontravenea law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
  1. The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws...
     委员会决定禁播这部电影，理由是它触犯了刑事诽谤法。
  2. He said the article did not contravene the industry's code of conduct.
     他说这一条款并未违反行业的行为准则。

英英释义

verb

• deny the truth of
  Synonym:contradictnegate
• go against, as of rules and laws
  1. He ran afoul of the law
  2. This behavior conflicts with our rules
  Synonym:conflictrun afoulinfringe

双语例句

• Are you formally requesting me to contravene the Geneva convention?
  你在正式要求我违犯日内瓦协议？
• No law enacted by the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall contravene this law.
  香港特别行政区立法机关制定的任何法律，均不得同本法相抵触。
• The following ordinances and subordinate legislation previously in force in Hong kong, which contravene the basic law, are not adopted as the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region.
  香港原有法律中下列条例及附属立法抵触《基本法》，不采用为香港特别行政区法律。
• The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws
  委员会决定禁播这部电影，理由是它触犯了刑事诽谤法。
• The rules of procedure of the Legislative Council shall be made by the Council on its own, provided that they do not contravene this law.
  立法会议事规则由立法会自行制定，但不得与本法相抵触。
• No law, decree, administrative regulations and normative acts of the Macao Special Administrative Region may contravene this Law.
  澳门特别行政区的任何法律、法令、行政法规和其他规范性文件均不得同本法相抵触。
• Never mind the fact that implementing these measures is likely to be costly; in jurisdictions such as Singapore or Hong Kong, the IRS rules appear to contravene local privacy laws.
  先不说执行这些措施很可能成本高昂；在新加坡或香港等司法管辖区，美国国税局的新规似乎违反当地的隐私法。
• In one type of intervention, the government disallows certain charter provisions or requires corporate charters to be changed in ways that contravene the spirit of the original charter.
  在有一种干预措施中，政府会否决某些章程条款，或要求公司以同原始章程的精神相抵触的方式，对其进行修改。
• To annul those local regulations or decisions of the organs of state power of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government that contravene the Constitution, the law or the administrative rules and regulations;
  （八）撤销省、自治区、直辖市国家权力机关制定的同宪法、法律和行政法规相抵触的地方性法规和决议；
• The content of the settlement agreement shall not contravene the law.
  调解协议的内容不得违反法律规定。