Word · Frequency #16303
malpractices
失职行为；渎职
malpractices is the plural of malpractice.
professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
常指医生、律师等专业人士的失职或不当行为
- 1.
The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.
医生对病人的不当治疗,造成伤害或损失。
- 2.
professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
渎职；专业失当导致伤害
- 3.
Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.
专业人士或官员的不当或不道德行为。
- 4.
a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct
不当行为；不专业的职业操守
医生对病人的不当治疗,造成伤害或损失。；渎职；专业失当导致伤害；专业人士或官员的不当或不道德行为。；不当行为；不专业的职业操守；不当治疗
In use
The patient sued the hospital for medical malpractice after the surgery caused further injury.
The lawyer was disbarred for professional malpractice involving misuse of client funds.
Doctors can lose their license if a court finds them guilty of malpractice.
the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice
he charged them with electoral malpractices
malpractice in + noun/doing sth
malpractice 通常作不可数名词；指具体事件时可用复数 malpractices。
The nurse faced disciplinary action for malpractice in caring for patients.
这名护士因在护理病人方面存在失职行为而面临纪律处分。
accuse sb of malpractice
Connections
Collocations
- medical malpractice
- 医疗事故；医疗过失
- Medical malpractice is difficult to prove in court.医疗事故在法庭上很难举证。
- legal malpractice
- 律师渎职
- He sued his attorney for legal malpractice.他以律师渎职为由起诉了他的律师。
- professional malpractice
- 职业渎职
- Any professional malpractice will be punished.任何职业渎职行为都将受到惩罚。
- malpractice insurance
- 职业责任保险
- Doctors must have malpractice insurance to practice.医生执业必须投保职业责任保险。
- malpractice lawsuit
- 渎职诉讼
- The malpractice lawsuit was settled out of court.这起渎职诉讼在庭外和解。
- malpractice allegations
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：医生本该好好practice（执业），却做坏（mal-）事，就是malpractice——渎职、不端行为。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medical、legal malpractice 比较正式，通常用于法律和医疗语境，指专业人员（如医生、律师）的失职或不当行为；日常口语中较少使用，多见于正式文书、新闻或法律讨论。
Grammar Note
malpractices 是复数形式，指具体失当行为；指抽象的失职/渎职时用不可数形式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only cactus rhymes with the target’s stressed ending /-æktəs/. Practice and tactics share the /ækt/ sound but differ in the final syllable; practical has a different ending, and contract and detract end in /trækt/, not /æktəs/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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