tort

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n. 民事侵权行为 [经] 侵犯行为(不包括违约), 非法行为

发音

UK /tɔːt/
US /tɔɹt/

词形变化

torts 复数 more tort 比较级 most tort 最高级 torter 比较级 tortest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.

    侵权行为

    法律
  2. 2.

    An injury or wrong.

    废旧
  3. 1.

    Clipping of tortoise.

    方言 废旧 俚语
  4. 1.

    Clipping of tortoiseshell (“a domestic cat, guinea pig, rabbit, or other animal whose fur has black, brown, and yellow markings; a tortie”).

    方言 废旧 俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Twisted.

    废旧
  2. 1.

    Synonym of tart (“sharp- or sour-tasting; (figuratively) keen, severe, sharp”)

    方言
  3. 1.

    Synonym of taut (“stretched tight; under tension”).

    方言 废旧
  4. 2.

    Of a boat: watertight.

    方言 废旧 航海 交通

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

civil wrong

上位词 3

misconduct wrongdoing actus reus

下位词 3

trespass invasion of privacy alienation of affection

相关短语

tort law de son tort executor de son tort [法] 无权的遗嘱执行人 trustee de son tort [法] 无权受托人 executors de son tort trustees de son tort

词源

From Middle English tort (“(uncountable) wrong; (countable) an injury, a wrong”), from Old French tort (“misdeed, wrong”) (modern French tort (“an error, wrong; a fault”)), from Medieval Latin tortum (“injustice, wrong”), a noun use of a neuter singular participle form of Latin tortus (“crooked; twisted”), the perfect passive participle of torqueō (“to bend or twist awry, distort”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to spin; to turn”). Cognates * Galician torto (“(adjective) bent; crooked; twisted; (noun, archaic) harm, offence; injustice, wrong, tort”) * Italian torto (“(adjective) bent; crooked; twisted; (noun, archaic) injustice, wrong”) * Norwegian Bokmål tort (dated, now only in fixed expressions) * Norwegian Nynorsk tort (dated, now only in fixed expressions) * Occitan tort * Old French tort (modern French tort) * Portuguese torto (“(adjective) bent; crooked; twisted; (noun, archaic) harm, offence; injustice, wrong”) * Spanish tuerto (“injury, offence”)

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