mismanagement

IPA/ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒmənt/
KK[mɪsmˈænɪdʒmənt]IPA/ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒmənt/

mismanagement — 名詞

1. the failure to run a business, project, or situation in a careful and competent

1.名詞C1
釋義

管理不善

因疏忽或無能而把事情管壞

the failure to run a business, project, or situation in a careful and competent way, often leading to waste, loss, or harm.

例句

Years of mismanagement left the family bakery deep in debt.

多年的管理不善讓這家家庭麵包店欠下大筆債務。

collocation: years of mismanagement

Tariq blamed the hospital's financial mismanagement for the staff shortages.

Tariq 把醫院人手不足歸咎於財務管理不善。

collocation: financial mismanagement

常見搭配
  • financial mismanagement
  • gross mismanagement
  • years of mismanagement
  • mismanagement of funds
  • alleged mismanagement
同義詞
  • misadministration

    formal, often used of governments or large institutions

  • maladministration

    very formal; suggests deliberate or systemic failure in public office

  • negligence

    broader; emphasises careless failure of a duty, not only management

反義詞
  • stewardship

    careful, responsible management of resources entrusted to one

文法句型

mismanagement of [something]

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable; frequently modified by 'financial', 'gross', or 'years of', and typically followed by 'of + the resource or institution being mishandled'.

常見錯誤

There were many mismanagements at the company.
There was a lot of mismanagement at the company.
uncountable, so no plural and no 'a/an'.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • mismanagement of funds
  • mismanagement of resources
  • mismanagement of the economy
  • mismanagement of the crisis

常用片語

  • alleged mismanagement
  • gross mismanagement
  • financial mismanagement
  • years of mismanagement

介系詞搭配

  • mismanagement of
  • mismanagement at
  • mismanagement by