1620s, from French illégal or directly from Medieval Latin illegalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin legalis (see legal). Term illegal immigrant first recorded 1892 in American English (illegal immigration is from 1887).
双语例句
1. By-laws are to make it illegal to smoke in public.
地方法规将规定在公共场合抽烟为非法。
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2. Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.
雇主以种族或国籍为由歧视员工是非法的。
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3. He repeated that he had never knowingly taken illegal drugs.
他再三强调自己从没有故意吸毒。
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4. Despite his illegal act, few people think badly of him.
尽管他干了违法的事情，但很少有人认为他不好。
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5. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.