"illegal" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 非法的

Definition

不被法律允許的；違法的。用來描述法律所禁止的行為、物品或情況。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常見於法律、新聞和日常語境，如 'illegal parking', 'illegal drugs', 'illegal activity'。它比 'wrong' 或 'bad' 更強調「違法」這層意思。用於人時要謹慎，最好說 'undocumented immigrant'，不要直接把人稱為 'illegal'。

Examples

It is illegal to park here.

在這裡停車是**非法的**。

Selling fake medicine is illegal.

出售假藥是**非法的**。

They were caught using illegal copies of the software.

他們被發現使用該軟體的**非法**副本。

Yeah, it's cheap, but that doesn't mean it's not illegal.

是啊，它是便宜，但那不代表它就不是**非法的**。

Downloading movies from that site is probably illegal.

從那個網站下載電影很可能是**非法的**。

They got in trouble for illegal dumping near the river.

他們因為在河邊**非法**傾倒垃圾而惹上了麻煩。