| 短语 | read (sb) the Riot Act |
| 释义 | read (sb) the riot act to give someone a strong warning that they must stop causing trouble – used humorously严厉警告（某人）必须停止闹事〔幽默用法〕:•If the kids don't settle down soon, I'll go up and read them the riot act.如果孩子不马上安静下来，我就会上去严厉地警告他们。ˌread (sb) the ˈRiot Act(BrE)to tell sb with force that they must not do sth警告（某人）不得做某事From an Act of Parliament passed in 1715 to prevent riots. It made it illegal for a group of twelve or more people to refuse to split up if they were ordered to do so and part of the Act was read to them.源自 1715 年通过的防止暴乱的议会法案。法案规定如果十二名或以上的人集结，在宣布解散命令并宣读相关条文后仍拒绝解散，则视为非法。 |
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