Perpetrate
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 犯罪, 做坏事
- [英] v. 犯罪, 做坏事 ( carry out a crime; commit)
- [记] per ( 全部) +petr ( 石头) +ate -> 成为石头 -> 做坏事不悔改
- [同] 同根词: petrify ( 石化, 僵化) ; petrous ( 岩石般的)
- [例] The police want to know who perpetrated the crime.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-trated; -trating)
- Etymology: Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare, from per- through + patrare to accomplish, from pater father — more at father
- Date: 1537
- 1. to bring about or carry out (as a crime or deception) ; commit
- 2. to produce, perform, or execute (something likened to a crime) <perpetrate a pun>
- ? perpetration noun
- ? perpetrator noun