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violate

verb
 
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪt/
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they violate
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪt/
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪt/
he / she / it violates
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪts/
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past simple violated
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd/
past participle violated
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd/
-ing form violating
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    violate something (formal) to go against or refuse to obey a law, an agreement, etc.违反，违犯，违背（法律、协议等） synonym flout
    • to violate international law违反国际法
    Extra Examples
    • They have flagrantly violated the treaty.他们明目张胆地违反条约。
    • The directive violates fundamental human rights.该指令违反基本人权。
    Topics Discussion and agreementc1, Law and justicec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • blatantly
    • flagrantly
    • clearly
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
    violate something (formal) to upset or not respect somebody’s peace, privacy, etc.侵犯（隐私等）；使人不得安宁；搅扰
    • She accused the press photographers of violating her privacy.她指责新闻摄影记者侵犯了她的隐私。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The peace of the island community had been brutally violated.小岛居民的安宁遭到野蛮的搅扰。
    • The peace of this island community has been repeatedly violated.小岛居民的安宁一再遭到搅扰。
    • Their voices sounded shrill and incongruous, violating the silence.他们的声音听起来刺耳而模糊，违背了沉默。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • blatantly
    • flagrantly
    • clearly
    • …
    See full entry
  3. violate something to damage or destroy a holy or special place亵渎，污损（神圣之地） synonym desecrate
    • to violate a grave亵渎坟墓
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • blatantly
    • flagrantly
    • clearly
    • …
    See full entry
  4. violate somebody (literary or old-fashioned) to force somebody to have sex强奸；奸污
    • He had drugged her and then violated her.他给她下了毒，然后侵犯了她。
    synonym rape
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin violat- ‘treated violently’, from the verb violare.