Infringement is the noun: the act of going against a law, or of stepping on someone's legal rights. One infringement is one such act.

Infringement infringement(侵權) is the noun是名詞：the act of going against a law, or of stepping on someone's legal rights指違反法律，或侵犯某人法律上權利的這個行為。One infringement一次infringement is one such act就是一次這樣的行為。

The phrase you will see again and again is copyright infringement — using a song, a photo, a film, or a piece of writing without the right to do so. Patent infringement is the same idea with inventions. People also speak of an infringement of privacy, or of rights.

The phrase you will see again and again你會一再看到的說法 is copyright infringement是copyright infringement(侵犯著作權)——using a song, a photo, a film, or a piece of writing without the right to do so指未經授權使用歌曲、照片、電影、或文字作品。Patent infringement Patent infringement(專利侵權) is the same idea with inventions是同樣的概念，只是對象換成發明。People人們 also speak of an infringement of privacy, or of rights也會說infringement of privacy(侵犯隱私)或infringement of rights(侵犯權利)。

It is a formal, legal-sounding word; in a news story it points to a specific line that was crossed, not just “doing something bad.” Though actually, in ordinary talk some people use it for any unwanted push into their space (“an infringement on my time”), which is looser than the courtroom sense.

It它 is a formal, legal-sounding word是個正式、聽起來很法律的詞；in a news story在新聞報導裡 it points to a specific line that was crossed它指的是一條被跨越的具體界線，not just “doing something bad.”而不只是「做了壞事」。Though actually不過事實上，in ordinary talk在日常說話裡 some people use it for any unwanted push into their space有些人會用它來指任何不受歡迎的侵入自己空間的行為（“an infringement on my time”）（像「an infringement on my time」，侵占我的時間），which is looser than the courtroom sense這比法庭上的意思鬆散許多。

Count it when you mean one case: an infringement, several infringements. The general idea of “this kind of wrong” can stay uncountable.

Count it數這個詞 when you mean one case當你指的是單一個案時：an infringement一個infringement，several infringements好幾個infringements。The general idea of “this kind of wrong”「這種錯誤行為」這個籠統概念 can stay uncountable可以維持不可數。