英语分类词汇:法律类词汇(3)
1. accommodation
a. = money lent for a short time 通融贷款,短期贷款
b. = something done to help someone 通融(做某事帮助某人)
e.g. to reach an accommodation with creditors = to agree terms for settlement 与债权人取得和解(同意了解债务的条件)
accommodation address = address used for receiving messages but which is not the real address of the company 权宜通信地址(不是 公司的真实地址,只用它来得到音信)
accommodation bill = bill of exchange where the drawee signing is helping another company (the drawer ) to raise a loan; it is given on the basis of trade debts owed to the borrower 通融汇票(受票人 签字是帮助另一个公司即出票人筹措贷款,这种汇票的给予是以欠借款人 的贸易债务为依据的)
accommodation maker = person who signs a promissory note for no fee, but who expects to lend the creditor money. 通融期票出票人 (为向债权人进行贷款而免费在期票上签字的人)
2. accredited
a. = (agent) who is appointed by a company to act on its behalf (代表,代理人)被委任的(被一个公司任命,代表它做事) b. = (ambassador) who is appointed by a country to represent it in another country.
(使节)被任命的(被一个国家任命在另一个国家担任其代表)
e.g. he is accredited to the united nations.
他被任命为联合国大使。
3. accuse...of...
= to say that someone has committed a crime or to charge someone with a crime. 指控、告发某人犯罪
she was accused of stealing 25 pounds from her boss. 她被告发从老板那儿偷了25镑钱。
he was accused of murder. 他被控有谋杀罪。
accused = person or persons charged with a crime 刑事被告
all the accused pleaded not guilty. 所有刑事被告表示不服罪。
the police brought the accused jnto the court. 警察将被告带进法庭。
4. aquit
= to set a person free because he has been found not guilty. 无罪释放
he was acquitted of the crime. 他被宣判无罪。
the court acquitted two of the accused. 法庭释放了两名被告。
5. act
= statute which has been approved by a law-making body. 行为,公约,法律,条例,法令,成文法
act of parliament = decision which has been approved by parliament and so becomes law 国会法令(经议会批准并已成为法律的决定)
finance act = annual act of the british parliament which gives the government power to raise taxes as proposed in the budget. 金融法,财政法(英国议会法案,该法案授予英国政府按预算中的建议征 税的权力)
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