infract

IPA/ɪnfɹˈakt/
IPA/ɪnfɹˈækt/

infract — 動詞

  • infractpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • infracts3rd person singular
  • infracting-ing form
  • infractedpast simple

1. to go against a law, rule, agreement, or promise by not keeping it.

1.動詞及物C2
釋義

違反；違背

不遵守規定或承諾

to go against a law, rule, agreement, or promise by not keeping it.

例句

The company infracted safety rules when it blocked the factory's fire exits.

這家公司封住工廠的消防出口，違反了安全規定。

collocation: infract + safety rules

Beatrix knew she would infract her promise if she missed Leo's surgery again.

Beatrix 知道如果她又錯過 Leo 的手術，就會違背自己的承諾。

collocation: infract + promise

常見搭配
  • infract the law
  • infract a rule
  • infract a promise
  • infract an agreement
  • infract a regulation
  • infract a court order
同義詞
  • break

    the everyday verb; much more common in normal speech than infract.

  • violate

    more common formal choice for laws, rules, agreements, and standards.

  • infringe

    used especially for rights, patents, freedoms, and limits rather than promises.

反義詞
  • obey

    used when the object is a law, rule, or order.

  • keep

    used when the object is a promise or agreement.

文法句型

infract + noun phrase (law/rule/promise/agreement/order)

用法筆記

The object is usually a law, rule, regulation, agreement, order, or promise. The word is highly formal and uncommon in everyday English, so many speakers would choose break, violate, or infringe instead.

常見錯誤

The truck infracted the gate.
The truck broke the gate.
infract is used for rules or promises, not for damaging physical objects.
She infracted into the room without knocking.
She went into the room without knocking and violated the rule.
infract does not mean physical entry; it means breaking a rule or promise.

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常用片語

  • infract the law
  • infract a promise