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词汇 culprit
释义

culprit

noun
/ˈkʌlprɪt/
/ˈkʌlprɪt/
  1. a person who has done something wrong or against the law犯错的人;罪犯
    • The police quickly identified the real culprits.警方很快查出了真正的罪犯。
    • Police hunting the culprits have condemned the attack.追缉凶犯的警方对这次袭击给予了谴责。
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • chief
    • main
    verb + culprit
    • hunt
    • hunt for
    • apprehend
  2. a person or thing responsible for causing a problem肇事者;引起问题的事物
    • The main culprit in the current crisis seems to be modern farming techniques.当前这场危机的罪魁祸首好像是现代农业技术。
    • Keep the kitchen clear of all sources of bacteria, not forgetting the biggest culprit of all—the dishcloth.保持厨房不存在任何细菌滋生源,别忘了碗碟抹布这个最大的细菌滋生源。
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • chief
    • main
    verb + culprit
    • hunt
    • hunt for
    • apprehend
  3. 词源late 17th cent. (originally in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading not guilty): perhaps from a misinterpretation of the written abbreviation cul. prist for Anglo-Norman French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille ‘(You are) guilty: (We are) ready to prove our indictment’; in later use influenced by Latin culpa ‘fault, blame’.
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