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perpetrate

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v.犯

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名词:perpetration 动词过去式:perpetrated 过去分词:perpetrated 现在分词:perpetrating 第三人称单数:perpetrates

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perpetrate


/'pɜ:pɪtreɪt; `pɝpə,tret/
v [Tn] (fml or joc 文或谑)
(a) commit (a crime, etc) 犯(罪等)
*perpetrate a dreadful outrage 犯下暴行.
(b) be guilty of (a blunder, an error, etc) 做(错事); 犯(过失)
*Who perpetrated that dreadful extension to the front of the building? 谁在那楼房正面加盖了那么一截讨厌的建筑物?

perpetrate


v [T]formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of perpetrare 'to achieve something']
to do something that is morally wrong or illegal
commit
 Who could have perpetrated such a dreadful crime?
>perpetration [,pəːpɪ'treɪʃən (US) ,pəːr-/