[N-COUNT 可数名词]罪犯;犯错的人 When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit .
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All the men were being deported even though the real culprits in the fight have not been identified.
尽管真凶尚未查出,所有参与斗殴的男子均被驱逐出境。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]引起问题(或不利情势)的事物 When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as the culprit .
About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.
大约10%的日本青少年超重。营养学家指出主要原因是对西式快餐越来越依赖。
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cul·prit/ˈkʌlprɪt; NAmEˈkʌlprɪt/noun1a person who has done sth wrong or against the law 犯错的人;罪犯◆The police quickly identified the real culprits.警方很快查出了真正的罪犯。2a person or thing responsible for causing a problem 肇事者;引起问题的事物◆The main culprit in the current crisis seems to be modern farming techniques.当前这场危机的罪魁祸首好像是现代农业技术。culpritculpritscul·prit/ˈkʌlprɪt; NAmEˈkʌlprɪt/
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culpritcul‧prit /ˈkʌlprɪt/ noun [countable]
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1the person who is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong → victim: Police finally managed to catch the culprit.2informal the reason for a particular problem or difficulty: High production costs are the main culprit.
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