culprit

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n. 犯人, 罪犯, 刑事被告 [法] 犯罪者, 犯人, 罪犯

发音

US /ˈkʌlpɹɪt/

词形变化

culprits 复数 culprits

教材释义与例句

名词

犯人，罪犯；被控犯罪的人

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.

    元凶

    肇事者

    肇因

    I have tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit; it should work now.

  2. 2.

    A prisoner accused but not yet tried.

    英国 法律

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

perpetrator

上位词 2

offender wrongdoer

词源

From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant. See culpable. It may have been influenced by Latin culpa (“blame, fault”).

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