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Malpractice is when a professional person does their job so badly, or so , that a court can punish them or make them pay. In everyday English people hear doctors first: a surgeon who operates on the wrong side, a doctor who ignores a clear warning.
Malpractice專業疏失 is when指的是 a professional person一個專業人士 does their job so badly, or so carelessly把工作做得太差、太粗心 that a court can punish them or make them pay到法院可以懲罰他或要他賠錢的地步. In everyday English在日常英文裡 people hear doctors first人們最先想到的是醫生: a surgeon who operates on the wrong side一個開錯邊的外科醫生, a doctor who ignores a clear warning一個忽視明顯警訊的醫生.
Though actually, the same legal word can cover other licensed work — a lawyer, a dentist, an accountant — and it is often about negligence (not taking proper care), not about wanting to hurt someone. The mal- here means “badly,” not “evil on purpose.” It is a formal, legal word, common in news and insurance.
Though actually不過事實上, the same legal word這個法律用詞 can cover也可以涵蓋 other licensed work其他有執照的行業 — a lawyer, a dentist, an accountant律師、牙醫、會計師 — and而且 it is often about negligence常常講的是疏忽 (not taking proper care沒有盡到應有的注意), not about wanting to hurt someone而不是有意傷害誰. The mal- here這裡的mal- means意思是「不好」badly, not "evil on purpose."不是「故意做壞事」. It is它是 a formal, legal word一個正式的法律用語, common in news and insurance常見於新聞和保險.
It is not “practice” as in football practice, and not a small everyday slip.
It is not它不是 "practice"（練習）「practice」 as in football practice像足球練習那個意思, and not也不是 a small everyday slip日常生活中的小失誤.
組成mal- (badly) + practice (the work of a profession)
同家族的字
- practicethe work of a profession, such as medicine or law
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
malpracticenoun
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The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.
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Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.
- When such a breakdown occurs there must be a full examination of the corruption that has been committed, and the leaders involved in malpractices must be encouraged to give a full account of what took place.
- A national-security budget where we spend 20 times as much money on the military and intelligence agencies as we do on diplomacy, democracy promotion, and smart power, is foreign-policy malpractice in the modern world.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。