perpetrate
- vt. 犯(罪);做(惡)
詞態變化
助記提示
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、法令之中,所以含義由此演變為做壞事。
中文詞源
來自拉丁語perpetrare,履行,執行,完成,來自per-,整個的,patrare,執行,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.
來自互聯網