violate /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( violating, violated, violates )

• 1. 

  V-T If someone violates an agreement, law, or promise, they break it. 违反 [正式]

  例：

  They went to prison because they violated the law.

  他们因犯法而入狱。

• 2. 

  violation N-VAR 违反

  例：

  To deprive the boy of his education is a violation of state law.

  剥夺这个男孩的受教育权是一种违反州法律的行为。

• 3. 

  V-T If you violate someone's privacy or peace, you disturb it. 侵犯 [正式]

  例：

  These men were violating her family's privacy.

  这些男人在侵犯她的家庭隐私。

• 4. 

  V-T If someone violates a special place such as a grave, they damage it or treat it with disrespect. 亵渎

  例：

  Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.

  侦探们还在查找那些亵渎了墓地的家伙。

• 5. 

  violation N-UNCOUNT 亵渎

  例：

  The violation of the graves is not the first such incident.

  亵渎墓地的事件这已不是第一回。