A psychopath, in the way films and many dictionaries put it, is someone with a deep, lasting problem in how they feel about other people: they can hurt, lie, or break the law and show little real guilt. The picture is often a calm, even charming person, not someone who looks “mad.” Though actually, doctors are messy with this word. It is not a neat official label in many clinics; they may speak of antisocial personality instead.

A psychopath, in the way films and many dictionaries put it, is someone用電影和很多字典的說法，psychopath是一種人， with a deep, lasting problem in how they feel about other people對別人的感受有深層、持久的問題： they can hurt, lie, or break the law他們可以傷害人、說謊、或犯法， and show little real guilt卻幾乎沒有真正的罪惡感。 The picture is often a calm, even charming person這種人給人的印象常常是冷靜、甚至很有魅力的人， not someone who looks "mad."不是看起來「瘋狂」的人。 Though actually, doctors are messy with this word不過，醫生在這個字上其實是很混亂的： It is not a neat official label in many clinics在很多診所裡它並不是一個乾淨俐落的正式標籤； they may speak of antisocial personality instead他們可能會改說反社會人格。

News and movies love psychopath because it sounds like a monster. Everyday English stretches it too far — a rude classmate is not a psychopath.

News and movies love psychopath新聞和電影很愛用psychopath， because it sounds like a monster因為它聽起來像怪物。 Everyday English stretches it too far日常英文把它用得太寬了—— a rude classmate is not a psychopath一個沒禮貌的同學並不是psychopath。

And this is not the same as psychosis: a psychopath is usually in touch with reality; someone in psychosis may hear voices or hold strong false beliefs. The tidy “violent mental illness” line is tidier than real talk.

And this is not the same as psychosis而且這跟psychosis（精神病發作）不一樣： a psychopath is usually in touch with realitypsychopath通常還能掌握現實； someone in psychosis may hear voices or hold strong false beliefs而psychosis發作的人可能會聽到幻聽或有強烈的錯誤信念。 The tidy "violent mental illness" line那種「暴力精神疾病」的整齊說法， is tidier than real talk比真實的情況要整齊多了。