illicitly

🇺🇸 /ɪˈlɪsɪtli/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˈlɪsɪtli/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
adverb
R

Doing something that is against the law.

The authorities were investigating the illicitly obtained funds.

當局正在調查非法獲得的資金。

R

Doing something that is not allowed by social rules.

They were meeting illicitly during the curfew hours.

宵禁期間他們秘密會面。

translation

adv. 非法地, 違反社會規則地