infraction
/ɪnˈfrækʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈfrækʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /in-ˈfrak-shən/ (ame, mw)
infraction — 名詞
- infractionsingular
- infractionsplural
1. an act of doing something that a rule, law, or agreement does not allow, especia
違規
違反規則或法律的行為
an act of doing something that a rule, law, or agreement does not allow, especially one that is not very serious
The referee gave Guo a yellow card for a minor infraction during the match.
裁判因為 Guo 在比賽中的一次輕微違規給了他一張黃牌。
collocation: minor infraction
Mei-Lin received a warning for a parking infraction near the train station.
Mei-Lin 收到了一張火車站附近違規停車的警告單。
collocation: parking infraction
Nadia's only infraction in two years at the library was returning a book one day late.
Nadia 在圖書館工作兩年來唯一的一次違規，就是把書晚還了一天。
The factory was fined for a safety infraction that could have caused a fire.
該工廠因為一項可能引發火災的安全違規而被罰款。
Tariq worried that borrowing a colleague's stapler without asking was a small office infraction.
Tariq 擔心沒問一聲就借用同事的訂書機，算是一種小小的辦公室違規。
- offence
slightly more serious connotation; used in legal and moral contexts
- breach
suggests failing to follow a specific agreement or duty rather than a general rule
- violation
stronger than infraction; implies deliberate or serious breaking of a rule or law
- transgression
more formal and often moral/religious in tone
- compliance
the state of following all rules correctly
- observance
careful following of a law, rule, or custom
文法句型
infraction of + noun (rule, law, agreement)
用法筆記
Commonly paired with 'minor' or 'serious' to describe severity. In legal contexts, an infraction is less serious than a violation or offence.