Psychopathic describes a person, a crime, or a way of acting that matches the psychopath picture: little real empathy, little guilt, and harm that can look planned and cold. We say psychopathic violence, a psychopathic liar, psychopathic traits.

Psychopathic心理病態的 describes a person, a crime, or a way of acting that matches the psychopath picture形容一個人、一件罪案、或一種行為方式符合「心理病態者」的樣子：little real empathy, little guilt幾乎沒有真正的同理心，也幾乎沒有罪惡感 and harm that can look planned and cold而且造成的傷害看起來是有計畫又冷酷的 We say psychopathic violence, a psychopathic liar, psychopathic traits我們會說 psychopathic violence（心理病態式的暴力）、a psychopathic liar（心理病態的說謊者）、psychopathic traits（心理病態的特質）

It is an adjective first, though some writing uses it as a noun for the person. The word is strong and a bit clinical; in daily talk people often just say cruel, cold, or evil.

It is an adjective first它主要是形容詞 though some writing uses it as a noun for the person不過有些文章也會把它當名詞，指這樣的人 The word is strong and a bit clinical這個詞很強烈，也有點臨床味；in daily talk people often just say cruel, cold, or evil日常對話裡人們常常就直接說 cruel（殘忍）、cold（冷酷）或 evil（邪惡）

Though actually, psychopathic is not the same as psychotic. Psychotic points to psychosis — a break with reality. Psychopathic points to a lasting pattern of unfeeling, often dangerous, behaviour. Films mix the two because both sound “crazy,” but they are different problems.

Though actually不過其實 psychopathic is not the same as psychotic psychopathic 跟 psychotic 不一樣 Psychotic points to psychosis psychotic 指的是 psychosis（精神病） — a break with reality也就是脫離現實 Psychopathic points to a lasting pattern of unfeeling, often dangerous, behaviour psychopathic 指的是一種長期缺乏情感、常常帶有危險性的行為模式 Films mix the two電影常常把這兩個詞混在一起 because both sound 'crazy,'因為聽起來都像「瘋了」 but they are different problems但其實是兩種不同的問題