violate

1. V-T If someone violates an agreement, law, or promise, they break it. 违反[正式]

They went to prison because they violated the law. 他们因犯法而入狱。

2. violationN-VAR 违反

To deprive the boy of his education is a violation of state law. 剥夺这个男孩的受教育权是一种违反州法律的行为。

3. V-T If you violate someone's privacy or peace, you disturb it. 侵犯[正式]

These men were violating her family's privacy. 这些男人在侵犯她的家庭隐私。

4. V-T If someone violates a special place such as a grave, they damage it or treat it with disrespect. 亵渎

Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard. 侦探们还在查找那些亵渎了墓地的家伙。

5. violationN-UNCOUNT 亵渎

The violation of the graves is not the first such incident. 亵渎墓地的事件这已不是第一回。