pre·med·i·tat·ed
adjective/ˌpriːˈmedɪteɪtɪd/
/ˌpriːˈmedɪteɪtɪd/
- (of a crime or bad action) planned in advance
预谋的；事先策划的 - The killing had not been premeditated.
这次杀人不是预谋的。 - This was a callous, premeditated attack on a defenceless young man.
这是对一个手无寸铁的青年的蓄意残害。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPremeditated is used with these nouns:- murder
Word Originmid 16th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as premeditation): from Latin praemeditat- ‘thought out before’, from the verb praemeditari, from prae ‘before’ + meditari ‘meditate’ + -ed. - The killing had not been premeditated.