| 词汇 | misdemeanour |
| 释义 | misdemeanour noun[ C ] UK(USmisdemeanor)uk /ˌmɪs.dɪˈmiː.nər/ us /ˌmɪs.dɪˈmiː.nɚ/ an action that is slightly bad or breaks a rule but is not a crime: 不端行为，不检点的举止 sexual/youthful misdemeanours不检点的性行为／青年人的不端行为 Every week, as children, we were beaten for some minor misdemeanour.孩提时，我们每周都因为一些小过错而挨打。 Synonyms infractionformal infringement violation Unsuitable and unacceptable amiss be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom beneath your dignityidiom beyond beyond the paleidiom incorrect incorrectly indecent ineligibility ineligible raffish raffishly raffishness room silly unsuitable unsuitably unsuited unsupportable unwarrantable misdemeanour | Business Englishmisdemeanour noun[ C ] UK(USmisdemeanor)uk /ˌmɪsdɪˈmiːnər/us LAW US in the US, a crime that is less serious and has a less severe punishment than a felony (= a serious crime such as killing someone, stealing large amounts of money, etc.): Violations of the fishing regulations may be considered a felony or misdemeanor, depending on the severity of the offense. Compare felony HR, WORKPLACE an action that is slightly bad or breaks a rule, but is not a crime: Under the contract, an employee can argue that he should not be fired for a minor misdemeanour. Examples of misdemeanourmisdemeanour 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). Parents need to be bolstered in that they need to be held more clearly financially accountable for the misdemeanours of their children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he mean that it shall deal with matters of errors of judgment, which are not criminal offences or misdemeanours? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that advertising practitioners generally will welcome these provisions, because the misdemeanours of the unscrupulous reflect on the integrity of all advertisers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In that way they would learn the nature of their misdemeanours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, he is quite aware that to knowingly become involved in misdemeanours he could not only forfeit his position, but his qualifications as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem is whether evidence of misdemeanours, which we all wish to expose, would come out if the new clause applied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here we have eight men who may have been guilty of all sorts of misdemeanours, but what has happened? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We survived before 1967 without the penalty of disqualification for misdemeanours, however long the sentence might have been. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A number of licences are held in the names of wives because of the misdemeanours of the husbands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this instance there is no reason for labelling the unfortunate people as criminals when what they commit are, at the worst, misdemeanours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should think there may be other misdemeanours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can assess our bookies and do something about controlling their misdemeanours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mayor should stand or fall subject to the law, and the law is pretty tight in relation to local government misdemeanours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of misdemeanour These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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