单词 | perpetrator |
释义 | perpetratorn. A person who perpetrates something, esp. a crime or evil deed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > of something bad > one who perpetrator1570 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 110/2 Estemed as menquellers and perpetratours of most wicked factes. 1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) iv. 375 Gods Iustice hath so sharply and severely punished the perpetrators thereof. 1681 B. Keach Sion in Distress 71 The vilest Wretches, and the worst of men: If for the future they intend to be The Perpetrators of all Villany. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iii. 34 The actor or absolute perpetrator of the crime. 1796 tr. C. P. Thunberg Acct. Cape of Good Hope in J. Pinkerton Coll. Voy. & Trav. (1814) 62 Great and noble actions have at all times been able to excite the gratitude and benevolence of the fellow-citizens of the perpetrator. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 221 The perpetrator of this foul murder. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 183 What is often said..of other crimes..if the perpetrator be sufficiently illustrious, it becomes a virtue. 1951 A. L. Rowse Eng. Past 24 Harington was the Queen's godson—clever,..naughty, a light~weight, perpetrator of puns and practical jokes. 1995 T. Clancy Op-center xx. 100 He wanted the perpetrators captured and executed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570 |
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