decriminalise

IPA/dɪkɹˈɪmɪnəlˌaɪz/
IPA/dᵻkɹˈɪmɪnəlˌaɪz/

decriminalise — 動詞

1. to change the law so that doing or having a particular thing — usually a minor d

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

除罪化

修改法律，使某行為不再構成犯罪

to change the law so that doing or having a particular thing — usually a minor drug, a sexual practice, or a public-order act — is no longer treated as a crime that can be punished.

例句

Portugal decided to decriminalise the personal use of small amounts of drugs back in 2001.

葡萄牙早在2001年就決定將少量毒品的個人使用除罪化。

decriminalise + abstract noun phrase ('the personal use of...')

Many doctors have urged the government to decriminalise cannabis for patients with chronic pain.

許多醫生敦促政府將大麻除罪化，以幫助慢性疼痛的患者。

passive-to-infinitive: urge X to decriminalise Y

常見搭配
  • decriminalise drug use
  • decriminalise cannabis / marijuana
  • decriminalise abortion
  • decriminalise sex work
  • decriminalise minor offences
  • move to decriminalise
  • vote to decriminalise
同義詞
  • legalise

    stronger — makes the act fully legal and usually regulated, not just unpunished

  • depenalise

    technical legal term; removes the penalty while keeping the act itself illegal on paper

  • deregulate

    broader business sense — removes rules generally, not specifically criminal status

反義詞
  • criminalise

    direct opposite — make an act punishable as a crime

  • outlaw

    forbid by law; stronger and more absolute than criminalise

文法句型

decriminalise + noun (an act / a substance)

用法筆記

Subject is usually a government, parliament, court, or country; object is usually an act (drug use, abortion, prostitution) or a substance (cannabis, marijuana). Frequently passive ('X was decriminalised in 2018'). Distinguish from 'legalise': decriminalising removes criminal punishment but keeps the act regulated or socially disapproved, while legalising fully permits it.

常見錯誤

The court decriminalised the thief last year.
The court acquitted the thief last year.
you decriminalise an act or substance, not a person who broke a law.
Selling marijuana is now decriminalised, so anyone can open a shop.
Selling marijuana is now legalised, so anyone can open a shop.
decriminalisation only removes the criminal penalty; running a business usually still needs legalisation and a licence.

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常用片語

  • move to decriminalise
  • vote to decriminalise
  • campaign to decriminalise
  • push to decriminalise

介系詞搭配

  • decriminalise in [country]
  • decriminalise for [group]