| 单词 | scot-free |
| 释义 | scot-free adverb uk/ˌskɒtˈfriː/us/ˌskɑːtˈfriː/withoutreceivingthedeservedorexpectedpunishmentor without beingharmed: 逃脱惩罚；免受损伤Thecourtletheroffscot-free.法庭从轻处理，饶恕了她。 Not punishing & reducing punishment
scot-free| American Dictionaryscot-free adverb[not gradable] us/ˈskɑtˈfri/withoutreceivingthepunishmentdeserved: Sheagreedtotestifyagainst herboyfriendand got off scot-free. Examplesofscot-freescot-free When people got into trouble, they often consulted litigation masters for advice on how to get reduced sentences for their crimes, or how to get offscot-free. From theCambridge English Corpus However, they are overwhelming citizens with brutal austerity programmes and allowing the perpetrators to get offscot-free. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English People should not make capital gains and get away with itscot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are let offscot-freethe international community will only be rubber-stamping the crimes that they committed and the international community will lose face. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English He has walked away from courtscot-freeon the charges of theft and criminal damage because they were dropped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Much more pernicious forms of gambling, which in some cases produce evil results, are allowed to goscot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is discrimination here, because cricket and amateur tennis get offscot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that a defendant in such a case is entitled to goscot-free, however negligent he may have been. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The police force which put that man in that position got offscot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet in the past income, including earnings, has been fully taxed, while capital gains have gonescot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Constantly they are being attacked and the raiders get offscot-freewith a great deal of loot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But if the advertising material did not itself illustrate the techniques, the senders of the advertising material would get offscot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As to the man who simply squandered his money recklessly, he goesscot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty arises in regard to those not caught red-handed who ought not to get offscot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody can claim any longer that the guilty get offscot-free. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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