original meaning

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英 [əˈridʒinəl ˈmi:niŋ]

美 [əˈrɪdʒənəl ˈminɪŋ]

original meaning意思解释

释义

本义；

英英释义

In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, original meaning is the dominant form of the legal theory of originalism today. It was made popular by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and contends that the terms of the United States Constitution should be interpreted as meaning what they meant when they were ratified, which is to say, it asks the question: \"What would a reasonable person living at the time of ratification have understood these words to mean?

双语例句

A literal translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.逐字翻译不一定*接近原义。So many amendments were made to the law that its original meaning was completely changed.这项法律经过这么多次的修正，其原意已经完全变了。