Riot Act

Riot Act

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• na.【英史】骚乱取缔令
• 网络取缔闹事法；取缔暴动法；唱片名

英汉解释

na.	1. 【英史】骚乱取缔令

英英解释

n.	1. an English law, passed in 1713, providing that persons making a public disturbance had to disperse within one hour of having had the act read to them by a magistrate

例句

For this over-zealous performance in the football match, the referee read him the riot act by showing him a yellow card.

在这场足球比赛中，对于他的过激行为，裁判给他提出了警告，向他出示了黄牌。

The obvious remedy is to lengthen their financing, and regulators have been reading the riot act to get them to do this.

一种显而易见的补救方式就是延长它们的融资期限，行业监管者也正在通过吸取教训指导银行这样去做。

There isn't a riot act any more, but we continue to use this expression to warn troublesome people to stop being naughty.

虽然现在已没有了取缔闹事法，但人们仍用这个词来警告人群停止闹事。

They have been behaving better ever since the principal read the riot act.

自从被校长严厉批评后，他们老实多了。

The students have been behaving better ever since the principal read the riot act last week.

自从上个礼拜被校长严厉批评以后，学生们老实多了。

As ministers lose power, nobody is left to read him the riot act on the economy.

由于首相的失利，没人提醒他注意经济上出现的问题。

If the kids don't settle down soon, I'll go up and read them the riot act.

孩子们如果还不马上静下来，我就得上去警告他们了。

The teacher really read him the Riot Act when he hit a ball through the window and broke it.

在他把球打进窗子并打破了玻璃以后，老师狠狠地训斥了他一顿。

In this way did Mutt read the riot act to Albert and his disobedient friends.

穆特用这样的方式来警告阿尔伯特不要和朋友发生纠纷。

After she left, I read the cashier the riot act.

在顾客离开之后，我看到收银员的到极不自然的反应。

Read someone the riot act

宣读骚动取缔法令

read her the riot act

给她点颜色看看