英美人天天都在说的4000句 107:let the cat out of the

[00:01]P：There's something about this thing I don't quite understand, Mr. Masry.
[00:05]If PG&E messed with our water, why would they bother say anything about it to us at all?
[00:11]Why not just keep quiet about it?
[00:13]E：To establish a statute¹ of limitations.
[00:16]In a case like this, you only have one year from the time you learn about the problem to file a suit.
[00:22]So PG&E figures，"Well, we'll let the cat out of the bag. Tell the people the water is not perfect.
[00:29]And if we can ride out the year with no one suing, we'll be in the clear forever."

1 statute   

n.成文法，法令，法规；章程，规则，条例

参考例句：

• Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
• The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。