perpetrate
perpetrate
[ˈpəːpɪtreɪt]
verb
perpetration
noun
perpetrator
noun
语源
[ˈpəːpɪtreɪt]
verb
- [with obj.]carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)
实施（有害或不道德的行动）；犯（罪）
a crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state.
对一个主权国家犯下了罪行。
perpetration
noun
perpetrator
noun
语源
- mid 16th cent.: from Latin perpetrat- 'performed', from the verb perpetrare, from per- 'to completion' + patrare 'bring about'. In Latin the act perpetrated might be good or bad; in English the verb was first used in the statutes referring to crime, hence the negative association
- The words perpetrate and perpetuate are sometimes confused. Perpetrate means ‘commit a harmful, illegal, or immoral action’, as in a crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign statewhereas perpetuate means ‘make something continue indefinitely’, as in a monument to perpetuate the memory of those killed in the war
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