The noun for the act of transgressing — a crossing of a line you should not have crossed.

The noun for the act of transgressing這是transgress（違犯）這個動作的名詞 — a crossing of a line you should not have crossed跨越了一條你不該跨越的線。

It is countable when you mean one particular act ('a serious transgression', 'his early transgressions'), and uncountable when you mean the behaviour in general ('a life of transgression').

It它 is countable when you mean one particular act當指的是某一件具體的行為時是可數名詞 ('a serious transgression'「a serious transgression一次嚴重的違規」, 'his early transgressions'「his early transgressions他早年的違規行為」), and而 uncountable when you mean the behaviour in general當指的是一般性的行為時則是不可數名詞 ('a life of transgression')（「a life of transgression放縱違規的一生」）。

Formal, and often moral or religious in flavour: in the Bible and in sermons, 'transgressions' are sins, and the word carries that weight even outside church. In news writing it is a polite, slightly distancing way to name someone's wrongdoing — 'the minister's financial transgressions' sounds gentler and more official than 'the minister's cheating'.

Formal這是個正式的字, and而且 often moral or religious in flavour常帶有道德或宗教色彩: in the Bible and in sermons在聖經和講道裡, 'transgressions' are sins「transgressions」指的是罪, and而 the word carries that weight even outside church即使在教會之外這個字也帶著那樣的分量。In news writing在新聞寫作裡, it是 a polite, slightly distancing way to name someone's wrongdoing一種比較委婉、帶點距離感的方式來稱呼某人的不當行為 — 'the minister's financial transgressions' sounds gentler and more official than 'the minister's cheating'「the minister's financial transgressions部長的財務違規行為」聽起來比「the minister's cheating部長的欺詐行為」溫和、也更正式。

In art and literary criticism it has the other life the verb has: 'transgression' there can be a positive project, the deliberate breaking of taboos.

In art and literary criticism在藝術和文學評論裡 it它 has the other life the verb has有著跟動詞一樣的另一種生命: 'transgression' there can be a positive project在那裡「transgression」可以是一種正面的計畫, the deliberate breaking of taboos也就是刻意打破禁忌。

Common shapes: 'a transgression of the rules', 'commit a transgression', 'forgive someone's transgressions'. In ordinary conversation people simply say 'mistake', 'wrongdoing', or 'what he did'.

Common shapes常見的搭配有: 'a transgression of the rules'「a transgression of the rules違反規定」, 'commit a transgression'「commit a transgression犯下違規行為」, 'forgive someone's transgressions'「forgive someone's transgressions原諒某人的過犯」。In ordinary conversation在日常對話裡 people人們 simply say 'mistake', 'wrongdoing', or 'what he did'就直接說「mistake錯誤」、「wrongdoing不當行為」，或「what he did他做的事」。