unconstitutional

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unconstitutional — 形容詞

  • unconstitutionalpositive
  • more unconstitutionalcomparative
  • most unconstitutionalsuperlative

1. describes a law, government action, or official decision that conflicts with the

1.形容詞B2
釋義

違憲的

違反憲法規定的

describes a law, government action, or official decision that conflicts with the set of basic principles by which a state or organization is run

例句

A federal judge in Texas declared the city's ban on food trucks unconstitutional.

德州的一名聯邦法官宣布該市禁止餐車的規定違憲。

declare + object + unconstitutional

The voting law was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court last year.

這項投票法去年被最高法院裁定為違憲。

passive: ruled unconstitutional by [court]

常見搭配
  • declare something unconstitutional
  • rule something unconstitutional
  • find something unconstitutional
  • strike something down as unconstitutional
  • unconstitutional law
  • unconstitutional policy
同義詞
  • illegal

    broader term; unconstitutional is a specific type of illegality involving a constitution

  • invalid

    focuses on lack of legal force; can apply to contracts or decisions for reasons other than constitutional conflict

反義詞
  • constitutional

    direct opposite — allowed by the constitution

  • lawful

    broader opposite — permitted by law generally, not necessarily by the constitution

文法句型

declare/rule/find + something + unconstitutional

something + be + unconstitutional

用法筆記

Common in legal and political discourse. Frequently appears with verbs such as 'declare', 'rule', 'find', and 'strike down', often in passive constructions describing court decisions.

常見錯誤

The new law is illegal because it violates the constitution.
The new law is unconstitutional because it violates the constitution.
'Illegal' means against ordinary laws; 'unconstitutional' specifically means against a country's constitution.
The court declared the law un-constitutional.
The court declared the law unconstitutional.
'Unconstitutional' is a single word and does not take a hyphen.

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常用片語

  • strike down as unconstitutional
  • rule something unconstitutional
  • declare something unconstitutional

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