law-breaking

IPA/lˈɔːbɹˈeɪkɪŋ/
IPA/lˈɔːbɹˈeɪkɪŋ/

law-breaking — 名詞

1. the action of doing things that are forbidden by a country's rules, treated as a

1.名詞B2
釋義

違法行為

違反法律的整體行為類別

the action of doing things that are forbidden by a country's rules, treated as a single category of behaviour rather than one specific crime

例句

Jiwoo's law-breaking began with shoplifting candy from the corner store at age twelve.

Jiwoo 的違法行為始於十二歲時在街角商店偷糖果。

possessive + law-breaking as the subject of a clause

The new mayor promised to crack down on law-breaking in the city's downtown area.

新市長承諾要嚴厲打擊市中心區的違法行為。

collocation: crack down on law-breaking

常見搭配
  • petty law-breaking
  • serious law-breaking
  • persistent law-breaking
  • widespread law-breaking
  • crack down on law-breaking
  • a history of law-breaking
同義詞
  • crime

    more common everyday word; countable and covers individual acts

  • delinquency

    formal; usually about young people's minor offences

  • criminality

    more formal and abstract; emphasises the criminal nature itself

  • lawlessness

    stronger; suggests a whole area or society without effective rules

反義詞
  • law-abiding

    adjective for the opposite behaviour; there is no exact noun antonym

文法句型

a history of law-breaking

petty law-breaking

用法筆記

Uncountable — never use 'a law-breaking' or 'law-breakings'. Often paired with adjectives describing scale or seriousness: petty, serious, persistent, widespread.

常見錯誤

He committed a law-breaking.
He committed a crime.' OR 'He has a history of law-breaking.
law-breaking is uncountable; use 'crime' for a single act.
The police investigated several law-breakings.
The police investigated several crimes.
no plural form; switch to a countable noun.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • history of law-breaking
  • pattern of law-breaking
  • act of law-breaking

常用片語

  • crack down on law-breaking
  • a history of law-breaking
  • petty law-breaking
  • widespread law-breaking

介系詞搭配

  • of law-breaking
  • against law-breaking