violate
英 ['vaɪəleɪt] 美 ['vaɪəleɪt]
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v.侵犯；违反；扰乱；亵渎；强奸
◉Usage Examples
(1) Don't violate other people's copyright.
(2) I'm committed not to violate the rules.
(3) The country violated the international agreement.
(4) The sound of guns violated the peace of the countryside.
(5) The soldiers violated the church by using it as a stable.
(1) 不要侵犯他人版权。
(2) 我有义务不违反规定。
(3) 这个国家违反了国际协议。
(4) 炮声扰乱了乡村的宁静。
(5) 士兵们把教堂当马厩用而亵渎了它。
◉Usage notes
Violate is a verb that describes actions that show no respect for people, laws, property, and customs, like drivers who violate the law when they fail to stop at red lights or those who violate your privacy when they eavesdrop on your personal conversations.
Violate comes from the Latin word violatus which means "to break," as in a promise or oath. As members of our society, we make unspoken promises — to follow all laws, to help people if we can, or at the very least, not hurt them. So when we violate — laws, property, people's abilities to live safe, peaceful lives — we break the promises that come with being lawful citizens.
1. [VERB 动词]违反，违背，违犯（协议、法律或承诺） If someone violates an agreement, law, or promise, they break it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
They went to prison because they violated the law...
他们触犯了法律，因此坐了牢。
They violated the ceasefire agreement.
他们违反了停火协议。
violation
To deprive the boy of his education is a violation of state law...
剥夺这个男孩受教育的权利是一种违反国家法律的行为。
He was in violation of his contract.
他违反了自己所签订的合同。
violator
...a government which is a known violator of human rights.
一个众所周知的践踏人权的政府
2. [VERB 动词]侵犯（隐私）；搅扰；打搅 If you violate someone's privacy or peace, you disturb it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
These men were violating her family's privacy.
这些人侵犯了她的家庭隐私。
3. [VERB 动词]污损；亵渎 If someone violates a special place, for example a grave, they damage it or treat it with disrespect. [V n]
Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
侦探们仍在搜捕那些亵渎了墓园的家伙。
violation
The violation of the graves is not the first such incident.
像这种破坏墓地的行为不是第一次出现了。
