| 释义 |
perpetrate
UK ['pɜ:.pə.treɪt] US ['pɝ:-] formal
verb transitive
■to commit a crime, or a violent or harmful act 犯（罪）；施（暴）；做（坏事）•In Britain, half of all violent crime is perpetrated by people who have been drinking alcohol.在英国，一半的暴力罪行是酗酒者犯下的。 •Federal soldiers have been accused of perpetrating atrocities against innocent people.联邦士兵被控对无辜民众做出残暴行为。 |