英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 歷史故事類1-33 read someone the riot act

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【字面理解】給(某人)宣讀《取締鬧事法》

【英文解析】to speak angrily to someone about something they have done and warn them that they will be punished if they do it again

【中文解析】嚴厲警告某人收斂行為;下不為例

① When he came home drunk again, she read him the riot act.他又一次醉醮餘地回到家里，她立即警告 他下不為例。

② He’d put up with a lot of bad behaviors from bis son and thought it was time to read him the riot act.他受夠了兒 子的種種惡習，認為有必要狠狠警告他一通。

【注釋】該習語源于英國議會1715年頒布的《取締鬧事 法KTheRiotAct、。該法規(guī)定，凡12人以上舉行集會， 若被政府認作有妨礙治安的行為，那么在官員宣讀該 法律后，必須一小時內自行解散，否則將面臨嚴厲處 罰。做習語使用時riot act不用大寫。