A wrongdoer is a person who does something wrong — something illegal, or something dishonest and unfair. Notice that the line above defines the BEHAVIOUR, but the word itself is the PERSON: 'wrong' + 'doer' = 'someone who does wrong'. The thing they do is 'wrongdoing'; the one who does it is the 'wrongdoer'.

A wrongdoer is指的是 a person who does something wrong做了錯事的人—— something illegal可能是違法的事， or something dishonest and unfair或是不誠實、不公平的事。 Notice that the line above defines the BEHAVIOUR注意上面那句話定義的是「行為」， but the word itself is the PERSON但這個字本身指的是「人」： 'wrong' + 'doer'「wrong」加上「doer」 = 'someone who does wrong'等於「做錯事的人」。 The thing they do is 'wrongdoing'他們做的那件事叫「wrongdoing」； the one who does it is the 'wrongdoer'做那件事的人就是「wrongdoer」。

The word is formal and a little old-fashioned. You meet it in the news, in court reports, in company rules, in sermons and in moral stories — 'the wrongdoers were punished', 'we must protect victims, not wrongdoers'. In everyday speech people say 'the person who did it', 'the guilty one', 'the bad guy'. If you said 'that wrongdoer took my seat' your friends would laugh, because the word sounds too big and too serious for small things.

The word is formal這個字很正式， and a little old-fashioned也有點老派。 You meet it你會在 in the news新聞裡、 in court reports法庭報導裡、 in company rules公司規章裡、 in sermons and in moral stories講道和道德故事裡遇到它—— 'the wrongdoers were punished'「the wrongdoers were punished」（違法的人受到了懲罰）、 'we must protect victims, not wrongdoers'「we must protect victims, not wrongdoers」（我們該保護受害者，不是加害人）。 In everyday speech在日常對話裡， people say大家會說 'the person who did it'「the person who did it」、 'the guilty one'「the guilty one」、 'the bad guy'「the bad guy」。 If you said 'that wrongdoer took my seat'如果你說「that wrongdoer took my seat」（那個wrongdoer搶了我的位子）， your friends would laugh你朋友會笑出來， because the word sounds too big and too serious因為這個字聽起來太大、太嚴重， for small things配不上這種小事。

It covers a wide range. A wrongdoer can be a criminal, but also a company that cheats its customers, or an official who takes money he should not take.

It covers a wide range它涵蓋的範圍很廣。 A wrongdoer can be a criminalwrongdoer可以是罪犯， but also a company that cheats its customers也可以是欺騙顧客的公司， or an official who takes money he should not take或是拿了不該拿的錢的官員。

The word does not say how bad the act was, only that the person is the one who did it. It also keeps a slightly moral flavour: it says 'this was wrong', not just 'this broke rule 14'.

The word does not say how bad the act was這個字不說這件事有多嚴重， only that the person is the one who did it只說明是這個人做的。 It also keeps a slightly moral flavour它還帶著一點道德意味： it says 'this was wrong'它說的是「這是錯的」， not just 'this broke rule 14'而不只是「這違反了第14條規定」。