| 单词 | culprit |
| 释义 | culprit (once / 1160 pages) n A culprit is a person who does something wrong, like committing a crime. When your wallet got stolen out of your pocket, there was a culprit to blame in the crowd. The word culprit comes from the Anglo French words cul prit, a contraction of culpable, which means "deserving blame." A culprit isn't always a person; it can be anything that caused something bad to happen — even a sock left on the steps can be a culprit if it makes you slip and fall. Don't confuse culprit with scapegoat, which is a person or thing that gets blamed for something it didn't do. WORD FAMILYculprit: culprits USAGE EXAMPLESShe scoured the internet for information about stillbirths and pinched umbilical cords - the culprit in her son’s death. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The government will also be able to publicly name culprits who enable tax evasion or help move money offshore. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) Whether the mine is truly the culprit for all the grasslands’ ills is another matter — climate change, for example, is probably an important factor. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) n someone who perpetrates wrongdoing Syn|Hyper perpetrator offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
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