单词 | perpetrate |
释义 | perpetrate —perpetrable /perr"pi treuh beuhl/, adj. —perpetration, n. —perpetrator, n. /perr"pi trayt'/, v.t., perpetrated, perpetrating. 1. to commit: to perpetrate a crime. 2. to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner: Who perpetrated this so-called comedy? [1540-50; < L perpetratus (ptp. of perpetrare to carry out, execute, perform), equiv. to per- PER- + -petr- (comb. form of patrare to father, bring about; see PATER) + -a- theme vowel + -tus ptp. suffix; see -ATE1] |
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