999英语网 单词
misfeasance的意思
misfeasance
英 [ms'fiz()ns]
美 [ms'fizns]
- n. 过失；行为失检；不当行为
英文词源
- misfeasance (n.)
- "wrongful exercise of lawful authority or improper performance of a lawful act," 1590s, from Middle French mesfaisance, from mesfaisant, present participle of Old French mesfaire "to misdo," from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + faire "to do," from Latin facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious).