你可曾感受过“法网恢恢，疏而不漏”？
📖 逐句对照翻译
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
现在是VOA学英语的《词汇掌故》节目。
Laws help to keep society running smoothly.
法律有助于社会平稳运行。
They help to keep things in order.
它们有助于维持秩序。
So, when we talk about law and order, we are talking about how crime should be kept under control and how society should run.
因此，当我们谈论法律与秩序时，我们讨论的是如何控制犯罪以及社会应如何运行。
The term law and order includes how police enforce laws and how the judicial system deals with criminals.
“法律与秩序”一词包括警察如何执法以及司法系统如何处置罪犯。
Law and order also describes a situation where most people respect and obey laws.
法律和秩序也指大多数人尊重并遵守法律的情况。
They want to feel safe and to have a sense of public order.
他们希望感到安全，并有一种公共秩序感。
Sometimes people use the term to describe a political candidate.
有时人们用这个词来描述政治候选人。
For example:
例如：
If a city has problems with crime, candidates for public office might run a law and order campaign.
如果一个城市存在犯罪问题，公职候选人可能会开展一场法律与秩序竞选活动。
They promise to put policies in place that reduce crime.
他们承诺将制定减少犯罪的政策。
Now, when we talk about catching criminals, we can use another expression: the long arm of the law.
现在，当我们谈论抓捕罪犯时，我们可以用另一种说法：法网恢恢。
This describes the ability of police to find and catch people who commit crimes.
这描述了警方发现并抓捕犯罪分子的能力。
It further describes the power of law enforcement and the legal system to punish criminals and carry out justice.
它还进一步阐述了执法部门和法律体系惩罚罪犯、伸张正义的权力。
So, the long arm of the law is the far-reaching power of police and the legal system.
因此，法律的长臂指的是警察和司法系统所具有的深远影响力。
For example:
例如：
Criminals who are on the run are unlikely to escape the long arm of the law forever.
在逃罪犯不可能永远逃脱法律的制裁。
If they make one mistake, they might get caught.
如果他们犯一个错误，就可能被抓住。
Now, let’s talk about non-criminals.
现在，我们来谈谈非罪犯。
Sometimes people might do things that they do not know are illegal.
有时候，人们可能会做一些他们不知道是违法的事情。
For example,
例如，
A prank or practical joke played on a friend might seem harmless.
对朋友搞的恶作剧或玩笑可能看起来无伤大雅。
But in the eyes of the law, it might actually be illegal.
但在法律眼中，它实际上可能是非法的。
When we say in the eyes of the law, we mean what a law actually says and how people who enforce the law understand it.
当我们说“在法律眼中”时，我们指的是法律实际规定的条文以及执法者对它的理解。
That leads us to another expression: ignorance of the law is no excuse.
这就引出了另一种说法：对法律的无知不能成为借口。
If we are ignorant of something, we don’t know about it.
如果我们对某件事一无所知，我们就不知道它。
However, simply not knowing if an action is illegal doesn’t matter in the eyes of the law.
然而，仅仅不知道某一行为是否违法，在法律眼中并不重要。
The long arm of the law will still reach out and uphold the law.
法律的铁腕仍将伸出并维护法律。
Then we might find ourselves on the wrong side of the law.
那我们可能会触犯法律。
And that’s a bad place to be.
那可不是什么好处境。
Being on the wrong side of the law means we have broken a law, or worse, laws.
触犯法律意味着我们违反了一项法律，或者更糟，违反了多项法律。
So, if we want to be upstanding, law-abiding citizens and avoid the long arm of the law, we should stay on the right side of the law!
所以，如果我们想成为正直守法的公民，避免落入法网，就应该站在法律的正确一边！
And that’s the end of this Words and Their Stories.
这就是本期《词汇与故事》的全部内容。
Until next time, I’m Anna Matteo.
下次见，我是安娜·马特奥。
Anna Matteo wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.
安娜·马特奥为VOA英语学习频道编写了这节课程。
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