vagrancy

释义

• n. 流浪；漂泊；思想游移不定

词源

vagrancy (n.)

"life of idle begging," 1706, from vagrant + -cy. Earlier in a figurative sense, "mental wandering" (1640s). By late 18c. used in law as a catch-all for miscellaneous petty offenses against public order.

例句

• 1. The tramp was arrested for vagrancy. 这个流浪汉因流浪而被捕.
• 2. Vagrancy and begging has become commonplace in London. 流浪和乞讨在伦敦已变得很常见。
• 3. Strangers are picked up for vagrancy after three days. 外地人来此超过三天的一律以流浪罪加以拘捕.
• 4. Chambliss. " A Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy . " 流浪者法律之社会学分析 〉.
• 5. And meanwhile the quite obvious cause of vagrancy the face. 同时,流浪的十分明显的理由却近在眼前.