vagrancy

英 ['veɪgr(ə)nsɪ] 美 ['veɡrənsi]
  • n. 流浪;漂泊;思想游移不定

英文词源


vagrancy (n.)
"life of idle begging," 1706, from vagrant + -cy. Earlier in a figurative sense, "mental wandering" (1640s). By late 18c. used in law as a catch-all for miscellaneous petty offenses against public order.

双语例句


1. The tramp was arrested for vagrancy.
这个流浪汉因流浪而被捕.

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2. Vagrancy and begging has become commonplace in London.
流浪和乞讨在伦敦已变得很常见。

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3. Strangers are picked up for vagrancy after three days.
外地人来此超过三天的一律以流浪罪加以拘捕.

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4. Chambliss. " A Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy . "
流浪者法律之社会学分析 〉.

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5. And meanwhile the quite obvious cause of vagrancy the face.
同时,流浪的十分明显的理由却近在眼前.

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