| 词汇 | scot-free |
| 释义 | scot-free adverb uk /ˌskɒtˈfriː/ us /ˌskɑːtˈfriː/ without receiving the deserved or expected punishment or without being harmed: 逃脱惩罚;免受损伤 The court let her off scot-free.法庭从轻处理，饶恕了她。 Not punishing & reducing punishment absolve amnesty be off the hookidiom clear of something commutation discharge escape get away with murderidiom get away with something get off get off lightlyphrase hook impunity privilege remit reprieve royal pardon spare unpunished unsanctioned scot-free | American Dictionaryscot-free adverb[ not gradable ] us/ˈskɑtˈfri/ without receiving the punishment deserved: She agreed to testify against her boyfriend and got off scot-free. Examples of scot-freescot-free When people got into trouble, they often consulted litigation masters for advice on how to get reduced sentences for their crimes, or how to get off scot-free. However, they are overwhelming citizens with brutal austerity programmes and allowing the perpetrators to get off scot-free. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English People should not make capital gains and get away with it scot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are let off scot-free the international community will only be rubber-stamping the crimes that they committed and the international community will lose face. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He has walked away from court scot-free on the charges of theft and criminal damage because they were dropped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much more pernicious forms of gambling, which in some cases produce evil results, are allowed to go scot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is discrimination here, because cricket and amateur tennis get off scot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that a defendant in such a case is entitled to go scot-free, however negligent he may have been. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The police force which put that man in that position got off scot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet in the past income, including earnings, has been fully taxed, while capital gains have gone scot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Constantly they are being attacked and the raiders get off scot-free with a great deal of loot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But if the advertising material did not itself illustrate the techniques, the senders of the advertising material would get off scot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As to the man who simply squandered his money recklessly, he goes scot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty arises in regard to those not caught red-handed who ought not to get off scot-free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody can claim any longer that the guilty get off scot-free. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of scot-free These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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