law-breaking

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

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.