| 短语 | lay down the law |
| 释义 | lay down the law to tell other people what to do, how they should think etc, in a very strong or impolite way〔用强硬或粗鲁的方式〕发号施令:•I could hear him laying down the law.我听到他在发号施令。 lay down the law issue instructions to other people in an authoritative or dogmatic way 权威性地发号施令, 严令。 lay down the law 见LAW. lay down the ˈlawto tell sb with force what they should or should not do发号施令；严格规定lay down the law1. give strict orders 下命令；严令 * He could usually be found in the centre of a small group of people to whom he was laying down the law. 我们常看到他在一小群人当中发号施令。2. speak severely or seriously about a wrong doing; scold 严厉斥责；呵斥 * The principal called in the students and laid down the law to them about skipping classes. 校长集合学生严责他们逃课。 * Father is laying down the law to the children again; I wonder what they've done now. 父亲又严厉地训斥孩子们了，不知道他们现在又干了什么事。 |
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