| 单词 | transgressor |
| 释义 | transgressor (once / 5467 pages) n You can use the noun transgressor for anyone who violates a rule or oversteps a boundary. You are being a transgressor, for example, when you bring your barking dog into the library. A car thief is one kind of transgressor, a person who is actually breaking the law. Another kind of transgressor is someone who betrays an agreement or an unstated rule of behavior, like not wearing full clown makeup to a non-circus-related job interview. The word transgressionem is at the root of transgressor, and it means "a transgression of the law" in Late Latin or "a going over" in classical Latin. WORD FAMILYtransgressor: transgressors+/transgress: transgressed, transgresses, transgressing, transgression, transgressor/transgression: transgressions USAGE EXAMPLESThe warrior samurai enforced their lords' reign over the peasantry by extending punishments to transgressors' families. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) In many cases, the transgressors did not intend a negative effect, whereas the victims tended to think that the damage was intentional. New York Times(Oct 08, 2016) Local businessmen worry that the president might simply denounce their firms as transgressors in some respect, without producing any evidence. Economist(Sep 14, 2016) n someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command the way of transgressors is hard Hyper offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
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