Wrongdoing is behaviour that is illegal, dishonest, or morally bad — the doing of wrong, treated as one thing you can talk about. It is usually uncountable: 'evidence of wrongdoing', 'he denied any wrongdoing'. You can also say 'wrongdoings' for separate bad acts, but that is less common and sounds a bit older or more literary.

Wrongdoing不法行為 is behaviour that is illegal, dishonest, or morally bad是指違法、不誠實或道德上不好的行為 — the doing of wrong做錯事這件事，treated as one thing you can talk about被當成一件可以拿來講的事。It它 is usually uncountable通常是不可數名詞: 'evidence of wrongdoing''evidence of wrongdoing'（不法行為的證據）, 'he denied any wrongdoing''he denied any wrongdoing'（他否認有任何不法行為）。You你 can also say 'wrongdoings'也可以說'wrongdoings' for separate bad acts指個別的不法行為，but但 that is less common這比較少見 and而 sounds a bit older or more literary聽起來比較老派或文學一點。

The word lives mostly in serious writing: news reports, court cases, company investigations, government inquiries. Its most famous home is the fixed phrase 'deny any wrongdoing' — when a politician or a company is accused of something, the newspaper almost always writes 'X denies any wrongdoing'. Learn that phrase as a block; you will meet it again and again.

The word這個詞 lives mostly in serious writing主要出現在正式的文章裡: news reports新聞報導, court cases法庭案件, company investigations公司調查, government inquiries政府調查。Its most famous home它最常出現的地方 is the fixed phrase 'deny any wrongdoing'是固定用語'deny any wrongdoing'（否認任何不法行為） — when當 a politician or a company is accused of something政治人物或公司被指控某件事時，the newspaper almost always writes報紙幾乎都會寫 'X denies any wrongdoing''X denies any wrongdoing'（某某否認任何不法行為）。Learn that phrase as a block把這個片語當一整塊來記; you你 will meet it again and again會一再遇到它。

One useful thing about it: 'wrongdoing' is deliberately wide. It covers crime, but also cheating, lying, taking money you should not take, and breaking rules that are not exactly laws. Reporters like it because they can say 'no wrongdoing was found' without promising anything about which law was or was not broken.

One useful thing about it關於這個詞有一點很有用: 'wrongdoing''wrongdoing' is deliberately wide是故意用得很寬泛。It它 covers crime涵蓋犯罪，but但 also cheating也包括作弊, lying說謊, taking money you should not take拿不該拿的錢, and和 breaking rules that are not exactly laws違反不完全算是法律的規定。Reporters記者 like it喜歡用這個詞 because因為 they can say 'no wrongdoing was found'可以說'no wrongdoing was found'（沒有發現不法行為） without promising anything about which law was or was not broken而不必保證到底是哪一條法律有沒有被違反。

So it feels careful and a little cold — the word of someone being formal on purpose. In normal conversation people simply say 'doing something wrong' or 'doing bad things'.

So所以 it feels careful and a little cold這個詞聽起來很謹慎、也有點冷 — the word of someone being formal on purpose是刻意保持正式的人會用的詞。In normal conversation在一般對話裡 people人們 simply say直接說 'doing something wrong''doing something wrong'（做錯事） or或 'doing bad things''doing bad things'（做壞事）。