violate

violate 主要表示以强力越过、破坏或侵犯某种界限：最常指违反法律、规则或约定，也可指严重侵犯他人的身体权利；在监狱俚语中还可指因违反假释规定而被重新收监。

💡 记忆钩子

把 violate 想成“用力撞过一道界线”：撞过规则，就是“违反”；撞过他人的身体和尊严，就是“侵犯、强奸”；在假释语境中越过规定的界线，则可能被重新抓回监狱。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“违反规则或法律”这一核心义，再记住它在涉及身体和尊严时语气非常严重，不能随意用来表示普通的“打扰”或“冒犯”。
不要把 violate 只理解成“暴力对待”；它最常见的抽象用法是违反法律、协议、原则等。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 违反；违背

📖 指越过法律、规则、协议或社会约定所设的界限，故意或实际地不遵守它。这个意义把 violate 的核心形象从“撞过界线”用到了抽象规则上。

💡 常用结构是“violate + law/rule/agreement”等，宾语通常是具体的法律、规定或权利。它比一般的“不遵守”更正式、更强调规则被破坏；不要把普通的迟到或小失误都说成 violate，除非确实涉及明确规定。

transitive

Driving without a license violates the law.

无证驾驶违反法律。

The company violated the terms of the agreement.

这家公司违反了协议条款。
common 强奸；严重侵犯身体

📖 指以强迫或暴力方式侵犯他人的身体和性自主权，通常特指强奸。这是“强行撞过他人身体界限”的极严重用法，不能把它当作普通的“冒犯”或“伤害”。

💡 常见结构是“violate + 人”，也可在法律或新闻语境中用被动结构描述受害者。这个意义带有明确的性侵犯含义，使用时必须确认语境，不能用来夸张地表示“侵犯隐私”或“惹恼某人”。

transitive

The attacker was arrested for violating a woman.

那名袭击者因强奸一名女子而被逮捕。
rare 因违反假释规定而被重新收监

📖 这是监狱俚语用法，指假释期间越过规定界线，因此被认定违反假释并可能回到监狱。它仍然来自“越过规定界限”的核心意思，但不是一般英语中的常用说法。

💡 常见于监狱俚语或犯罪题材对话，通常用被动结构表示某人因违反假释规定而被重新关押。正式法律文本一般会直接说明违反假释条件，不建议在普通交流中主动使用这个俚语意义。

slang transitive

violates present,singular,third-person violating participle,present violated participle,past violated past violate first-person,present,singular violated first-person,past,singular violate present,second-person,singular violatest archaic,present,second-person,singular violated past,second-person,singular violatedst archaic,past,second-person,singular violateth archaic,present,singular,third-person violated past,singular,third-person violate plural,present violated past,plural violate present,subjunctive violated past,subjunctive violate imperative,present - imperative,past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 6 组

destroy;

同义词集: violate

Don't violate my garden

violate my privacy

上位: disturb, touch

destroy and strip of its possession

同义词集: rape spoil despoil violate plunder

The soldiers raped the beautiful country

上位: destroy, ruin

act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; ; ;

同义词集: transgress offend infract violate go against breach break

offend all laws of humanity

violate the basic laws or human civilization

break a law

break a promise

反义: keep, observe 上位: disrespect 下位: blunder, boob, conflict, contravene, drop the ball, goof, infringe, intrude, run afoul, sin, transgress, trespass

force (someone) to have sex against their will

同义词集: rape ravish violate assault dishonor dishonour outrage

The woman was raped on her way home at night

上位: assail, assault, attack, set on 下位: gang-rape

violate the sacred character of a place or language; ;

同义词集: desecrate profane outrage violate

desecrate a cemetery

violate the sanctity of the church

profane the name of God

上位: assail, assault, attack, set on

fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

同义词集: violate go against break

This sentence violates the rules of syntax

🌳 词源

源自拉丁语，和表示“力量、暴力”的词根有关，后来形成了“用强力越过界限”的核心概念。

From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) + -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).

🔄 变式

- imperat violated 1st_sg violatedst archaic violates present violatest archaic violateth archaic violating present

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