| 释义 |
culprit/ˈkʌlprit/n. a person accused of or guilty of an offence 刑事被告，未决犯；罪犯 [17th c.: originally in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading Not Guilty: perhaps from an abbreviation of Anglo-French Culpable: prest d'averrer notre bille ‘(You are) guilty: (We are) ready to prove our indictment’] |