perpetrate
英['pɜːpɪtreɪt]
美['pɝpətret]
- vt. 犯（罪）；做（恶）
词态变化
第三人称单数: perpetrates;过去式: perpetrated;过去分词: perpetrated;现在分词: perpetrating;名词: perpetration;
助记提示
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-的变体、音变) + -ate.
4. 该词本无好坏之分，但由于首次进入英语时，被用于法规、法令之中，所以含义由此演变为做坏事。
中文词源
perpetrate 犯罪，做恶
来自拉丁语perpetrare,履行，执行，完成，来自per-,整个的，patrare,执行，实施，来自pater,父亲，词源同father.其字面意思可能是生下小孩，成为父亲。其原义并无感情色情，后用于比喻用法始作俑者，犯罪，做恶。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Did you perpetrate this terrible poem?
- 你作了这首滥诗 吗 ?
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- 2. Only an insane person could perpetrate such a horrible crime.
- 只有疯子才犯这种令人发指的罪行.
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- 3. Who perpetrate that dreadful extension to the front of the building.
- 谁在那楼房正面加盖了那麽一截讨厌的建筑物.
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- 4. It works to mobilize public opinion which exerts pressure on individuals who perpetrate abuses.
- 它致力于动员公众舆论对实施滥用人权的个体施加压力.
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- 5. Some people who knew Sudan feared that an enraged Mr Bashir would perpetrate fresh atrocities.
- 了解苏丹的一些人曾怛心被激怒的Omar先生会犯下新的暴行.
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