violate

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

They went to prison because they violated the law. 他們因犯法而入獄。

2. violationN-VAR 違反

To deprive the boy of his education is a violation of state law. 剝奪這個(gè)男孩的受教育權(quán)是一種違反州法律的行為。

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

These men were violating her family's privacy. 這些男人在侵犯她的家庭隱私。

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

Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard. 偵探們還在查找那些褻瀆了墓地的家伙。

5. violationN-UNCOUNT 褻瀆

The violation of the graves is not the first such incident. 褻瀆墓地的事件這已不是第一回。