试述滥用职权罪的概念和特征。
参考答案：
滥用职权罪是指国家机关工作人员违反法律规定的权限和程序，滥用职权，致使公共财产、国家和人民利益遭受重大损失的行为。
特征：
1.本罪的客体是国家机关的正常活动。
2.本罪的客观方面表现为滥用职权，致使公共财产、国家和人民利益遭受重大损失的行为。本罪的行为表现形式可以是作为，也可以是不作为。本罪在犯罪形态上是结果犯。滥用职权的行为与造成重大损失的结果之间应具有因果关系。
3.本罪的主体是国家机关工作人员。
4.本罪的主观方面表现为故意。本罪行为人实施超越其职权的行为和不法行使其职权的行为通常出自直接故意，对公共财产、国家和人民利益遭受重大损失的结果的发生往往持希望或者放任的态度。
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| I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a figure th at really struck terror into my heart. I 1 it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home. It was the first night of my whole life that I had been outside 2 at such a late time. There were 3 few people on the road at night. Even during the day, the road was used by only some. On that night, it seemed even 4 . While I was walking, I could hear some 5 made by creatures that love the night world. I moved really fast towards home. It was 6 because I was hungry. More importantly, I was eager to get back home for warmth. All of a sudden, I 7 an old lady in a short distance away. Her 8 was covered with a white cloth. She was 9 to me, I think. I was a bit 10 . I wanted to know 11 she was there at that time of the late night. I stopped walking for a while. As I 12 there, stories about ghosts (鬼) began to come to my mind one after 13 . I was soon 14 fear and started to run as fast as I could. When I reached home I could 15 speak. The next day, however, I 16 that place again to make sure that the woman was not a ghost but indeed a real person. But I could find no footprints there 17 a banana plant. I realized then that it was the banana plant with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that 18 like a woman waving her hand. I had indeed made a fool of myself; but after the 19 night's experience, this 20 was small relief to me. | ||||
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