[VERB 动词]犯(罪);做(错事);干(坏事) If someone perpetrates a crime or any other immoral or harmful act, they do it.
[V n]
[be V-ed on/against n]
[FORMAL 正式]
A high proportion of crime in any country is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties...
在任何国家的犯罪者中,十几二十几岁的青年男性都占了很高的比例。
Tremendous wrongs were being perpetrated on the poorest and least privileged human beings...
对最贫穷和最没有特权的人们犯下了大量罪行。
You begin to ask yourself what kind of person perpetrated this crime.
你开始自问是什么样的人犯下这样的罪行。
perpetration
...a very small minority who persist in the perpetration of these crimes.
继续从事这些犯罪行为的少数人
perpetrator
The perpetrator of this crime must be traced.
对这起案件的凶手必须要一查到底。
Oxford
per·pet·rate/ˈpɜːpətreɪt; NAmEˈpɜːrpətreɪt/verb( formal) to commit a crime or do sth wrong or evil 犯(罪);做(错事);干(坏事)perpetratesth ◆to perpetrate a crime/fraud/massacre犯罪;行骗;进行屠杀perpetratesth against/upon/on sb ◆violence perpetrated against women and children针对妇女和儿童的暴力行为▶per·pet·ra·tion/ˌpɜːpəˈtreɪʃn; NAmEˌpɜːrpəˈtreɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]perpetrateperpetratesperpetratedperpetratingper·pet·rate/ˈpɜːpətreɪt; NAmEˈpɜːrpətreɪt/per·pet·ra·tion/ˌpɜːpəˈtreɪʃn; NAmEˌpɜːrpəˈtreɪʃn/
to do something that is morally wrong or illegal → commit: Who could have perpetrated such a dreadful crime?—perpetration /ˌpɜːpəˈtreɪʃən $ ˌpɜːr-/ noun [uncountable]
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