perpetrate
英['p??p?tre?t]
美['p?p?tret]
- vt. 犯（罪）；做（惡）
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?perpetrates;過去式:?perpetrated;過去分詞:?perpetrated;現在分詞:?perpetrating;名詞:?perpetration;
助記提示
1. per- "completely" + patrare "carry out, perform, accomplish," originally "bring into existence," originally meant literally 'perform or accomplish in the capacity or quality of a father'.
2. Neither good nor bad in Latin, first used in English in statutes, hence its sense of "perform criminally".
3. per- + petr- (patr-的變體、音變) + -ate.
4. 該詞本無好壞之分，但由于首次進入英語時，被用于法規(guī)、法令之中，所以含義由此演變?yōu)樽鰤氖隆?/div>
中文詞源
perpetrate 犯罪，做惡
來自拉丁語perpetrare,履行，執(zhí)行，完成，來自per-,整個的，patrare,執(zhí)行，實施，來自pater,父親，詞源同father.其字面意思可能是生下小孩，成為父親。其原義并無感情色情，后用于比喻用法始作俑者，犯罪，做惡。
英文詞源
- perpetrate
- perpetrate: see father
- perpetrate (v.)
- 1540s, from Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare "to perform, to accomplish," from per- "completely" + patrare "carry out," originally "bring into existence," from pater "father" (see father (n.)). Earlier in English was perpetren, mid-15c., from Old French perpetrer. Neither good nor bad in Latin, first used in English in statutes, hence its sense of "to perform criminally." Related: Perpetrated; perpetrating.
雙語例句
- 1. Did you perpetrate this terrible poem?
- 你作了這首濫詩 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句
- 2. Only an insane person could perpetrate such a horrible crime.
- 只有瘋子才犯這種令人發(fā)指的罪行.
來自互聯網
- 3. Who perpetrate that dreadful extension to the front of the building.
- 誰在那樓房正面加蓋了那麼一截討厭的建筑物.
來自互聯網
- 4. It works to mobilize public opinion which exerts pressure on individuals who perpetrate abuses.
- 它致力于動員公眾輿論對實施濫用人權的個體施加壓力.
來自互聯網
- 5. Some people who knew Sudan feared that an enraged Mr Bashir would perpetrate fresh atrocities.
- 了解蘇丹的一些人曾怛心被激怒的Omar先生會犯下新的暴行.
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