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单词 misdemeanour
释义
misdemeanour
noun[C]
UK(USmisdemeanor)
uk
/ˌmɪs.dɪˈmiː.nər/us
/ˌmɪs.dɪˈmiː.nɚ/
anactionthat isslightlybadorbreaksarulebut is not acrime:
不端行为，不检点的举止
sexual/youthfulmisdemeanours不检点的性行为／青年人的不端行为
Everyweek, aschildren, we werebeatenfor someminormisdemeanour.孩提时，我们每周都因为一些小过错而挨打。
Synonyms
infractionformal
infringement
violation
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unsuitable and unacceptable
  • amiss
  • be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom
  • beneathyourdignityidiom
  • beyond
  • beyond the paleidiom
  • incorrect
  • incorrectly
  • indecent
  • ineligibility
  • ineligible
  • offend againstsomething
  • over-extravagant
  • raffish
  • raffishness
  • room
  • unfit
  • unsuitably
  • unsuited
  • unworthy
  • vulgarity
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(Definition ofmisdemeanourfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

misdemeanour| Business English

misdemeanour
noun[C]
UK(USmisdemeanor)
uk
/ˌmɪsdɪˈmiːnər/us
LAWUS
in the US, acrimethat is lessseriousand has a lessseverepunishmentthan afelony(= aseriouscrimesuch askillingsomeone,stealinglargeamountsofmoney, etc.):
Violations of thefishingregulationsmay beconsideredafelonyor misdemeanor,dependingon theseverityof theoffense.
Compare
felony
HR,WORKPLACE
anactionthat isslightlybadorbreaksarule, but is not acrime:
Under thecontract, anemployeecanarguethat he should not befiredfor aminormisdemeanour.
(Definition ofmisdemeanourfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmisdemeanour

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Even so, their two years had definite achievements : their radical egalitarian and open approach led to ' a decline in petty theft and other misdemeanours ' (p. 56).
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Parents need to be bolstered in that they need to be held more clearly financially accountable for the misdemeanours of their children.
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Does he mean that it shall deal with matters of errors of judgment, which are not criminal offences or misdemeanours?
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I am sure that advertising practitioners generally will welcome these provisions, because the misdemeanours of the unscrupulous reflect on the integrity of all advertisers.
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In that way they would learn the nature of their misdemeanours.
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Indeed, he is quite aware that to knowingly become involved in misdemeanours he could not only forfeit his position, but his qualifications as well.
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The problem is whether evidence of misdemeanours, which we all wish to expose, would come out if the new clause applied.
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Here we have eight men who may have been guilty of all sorts of misdemeanours, but what has happened?
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We survived before 1967 without the penalty of disqualification for misdemeanours, however long the sentence might have been.
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A number of licences are held in the names of wives because of the misdemeanours of the husbands.
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In this instance there is no reason for labelling the unfortunate people as criminals when what they commit are, at the worst, misdemeanours.
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I should think there may be other misdemeanours.
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He swept into his net, intentionally or otherwise, the then leaders of the so-called loyalist paramilitary bodies, most of them for comparatively minor misdemeanours.
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We can assess our bookies and do something about controlling their misdemeanours.
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The mayor should stand or fall subject to the law, and the law is pretty tight in relation to local government misdemeanours.
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