| 释义 |
take the law into one's own handsv. phr.To protect one's supposed rights or punish a suspected wrongdoer without reference to a court. — An overused expression.(不经法院)擅自处理;私自治罪。——使用过多的短语。◆ His farm was going to be sold for taxes, but he took the law into his own hands and drove the sheriff away with a shotgun.他的农场将被出售以交税,但他却擅自处理,用一杆猎枪赶走了县治安官。 |