statutory

statutory — adjective

1. describes something that is established, required, or regulated by a formal law

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describes something that is established, required, or regulated by a formal law passed by a government or legislative body

例句

The company must file a statutory report with the government every year.

collocation: statutory report

Under the new law, employees have a statutory right to paid holiday leave.

collocation: statutory right + to [benefit]

同義詞
  • legal

    broader term covering anything related to or permitted by the law, not necessarily originating from a written statute

  • lawful

    focuses on being in accordance with the law; used more in ethical or moral contexts

  • legislative

    relates to the process or body that makes laws, rather than the resulting rules

  • mandatory

    means 'required' but does not specify a legal origin — a company policy can be mandatory without being statutory

反義詞
  • voluntary

    done by choice rather than because the law demands it

  • discretionary

    left to individual judgement rather than fixed by law

文法句型

statutory + noun

用法筆記

Statutory is almost always used before a noun (attributive position) and belongs to a formal or legal register. It appears frequently in official, business, and government contexts. Unlike general adjectives such as legal, statutory emphasises that something originates specifically from a written law (statute) passed by a legislature.

常見錯誤

❌It is statutory to wear a seatbelt.
✅Wearing a seatbelt is a statutory requirement in most countries.
💡Statutory is rarely used in an 'it is + adjective + to-infinitive' pattern; it is more naturally placed before a noun.
❌The company follows all statutory laws.
✅The company follows all statutory regulations.
💡'Statutory laws' is redundant because a statute is a type of law. Pair statutory with a specific noun such as requirement, obligation, or regulation.