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vigilantes

/vɪdʒɪˈlæntiz/ /vɪdʒəˈlæntiz/

Meanings
noun

义务警员, 民间执法者

A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.

Examples :

"After a series of robberies, some neighbors formed groups and became vigilantes, patrolling the streets at night and confronting suspected criminals themselves. "
在一系列抢劫案发生后，一些邻居自发组织起来，成为了民间执法者，晚上在街上巡逻，并且自己去盘问可疑的犯罪分子。
law police person action government society

Related Words

Illustration jurisdiction

jurisdiction noun

/d͡ʒɔːɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/ /d͡ʒɝɪsˈdɪkʃən/

管辖权，司法权

"The school principal has jurisdiction over student behavior during lunch breaks. "

学校校长有权管辖午休期间学生的行为。

Illustration criminals

criminals noun

/ˈkɹɪmɪnəlz/

罪犯，犯人。

"The criminals were arrested for stealing cars. "

那些罪犯因为偷车而被捕了。

Illustration responsibility

responsibility noun

/ɹɪˌspɑnsəˈbɪlɪɾi/

责任，义务，职责

"Responsibility is a heavy burden."

责任是一项沉重的负担。(Zérèn shì yī xiàng chénzhòng de fùdān.)

Illustration neighborhood

neighborhood noun

/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/

睦邻，近邻关系，睦邻友好。

"Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings."

我们之间仅存的邻里关系让我们不得不虚情假意地打招呼。

Illustration neighbors

neighbors noun

/ˈneɪbərz/

邻居，街坊。

"My neighbour has two noisy cats."

我的邻居养了两只吵闹的猫。

Illustration themselves

themselves pronoun

/ðəmˈsɛlvz/

他们自己，她们自己，它们自己

"They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves."

他们打算自己尝试攀登珠穆朗玛峰。

Illustration considers

considers verb

/kənˈsɪdəz/ /kənˈsɪdɚz/

考虑， 思考， 认真思考。

"Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun."

考虑到我们已经举办了三个大型活动，而这一年才刚刚开始。

Illustration robberies

robberies noun

/ˈrɑbəriz/ /ˈrɒbəriz/

抢劫，盗窃案。

"The city experienced a significant increase in bank robberies last year. "

去年这座城市发生了银行抢劫案数量的显著增长。

Illustration patrolling

patrolling verb

/pəˈtɹəʊlɪŋ/ /pəˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/

巡逻，巡视

"The security guard is patrolling the parking lot to prevent theft. "

保安正在停车场巡逻，以防止盗窃。

Illustration summarily

summarily adverb

/səˈmæɹɪli/

简单地，概括地

"They were fired summarily at a single plant-wide meeting."

他们在一个全厂大会上就被简单粗暴地解雇了。

Illustration suspected

suspected verb

/səsˈpɛktɪd/

怀疑，猜疑。

"to suspect the presence of disease"

怀疑有疾病的存在

Illustration confronting

confronting verb

/kənˈfrʌntɪŋ/ /kəmˈfrʌntɪŋ/

面对，对抗。

"We should confront him about the missing money."

我们应该就失踪的钱和他当面对质/质问。