- a convicted criminal who reoffends, especially repeatedly重犯, 累犯, 惯犯。
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- relating to recidivists与惯犯有关的：
the third lowest recidivist rate in the country.
该国第三低的继续犯罪率。
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- tending to reoffend有再犯倾向的; 有成为惯犯倾向的：
women are rarely recidivist.
女性很少会成为惯犯。
派生词
recidivism
nounrecidivistic
adjective词源
late 19th cent.: from French récidiviste, from récidiver 'fall back', based on Latin recidivus 'falling back', from the verb recidere, from re- 'back' + cadere 'to fall'.