| 单词 | read (sb) the Riot Act |
| 释义 | ● ˌread (sb ) the ˈRiot Act (BrE ) to tell sb with force that they must not do sth 警告（某人）不得做某事ORIGINFrom an Act of Parliament passed in 1715 to prevent riots . It made it illegal for a group of twelve or more people to refuse to split up if they were ordered to do so and part of the Act was read to them .源自 1715 年通过的防止暴乱的议会法案。法案规定如果十二名或以上的人集结，在宣布解散命令并宣读相关条文后仍拒绝解散，则视为非法。See also act |
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