英 [ˈkʌlprɪt] 美 [ˈkʌlprɪt]
n. 罪犯，过失者；问题的起因
复数culprits
culprit /ˈkʌlprɪt/ CET6+ TEM8
可数名词 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. 犯罪者; 犯错者
All the men were being deported even though the real culprits in the fight have not been identified.
尽管那次斗殴事件的真凶未被确认，但那些男人都在被驱逐出境。
可数名词 When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as the culprit. (造成问题或麻烦的) 原因
About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.
约10%的日本青少年都超重。营养学家们称主要的原因是他们越来越依赖西方快餐。
someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
同义词： perpetrator
犯人
最大罪魁祸首(Culprit)是短缺李玮峰等宿将压阵，不要问我爱你有多深，我真的说不出来，只知道你已成为 我生活中的一种习惯，不可或缺的习惯，每天每天，...
... converge（道路、车辆、人群等）会合，集中 culprit犯人，罪犯 daunt威吓；使胆怯，使气馁 ...
实际上(Actually)，引致通胀的真实元凶(Culprit)是流动性过剩。
...不完全血运重建 不完全血运重建又称为"部分"血运重建是相对"完全性"而言,亦即指仅对引起临床心绞痛症状发作的" 罪犯 "( Culprit )病变或供血大范围心肌的严重病变进行血运重建手术,达到缓解心绞痛症状、提高生活质量的目的,
Police collared the culprit as he was leaving the premises.
罪犯正离开现场时，警察逮住了他。
The police followed home the clue and finally caught the culprit.
警察根据线索追根到底，终于抓住了这个罪犯。
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。
Morton Satin of the Salt Institute says salt,or sodium, is not really the culprit.
VOA : standard.2010.04.22
"I think the priorities are totally skewed when people start looking at stormwater when in reality they need to be looking at what is the primary biggest culprit in what their receiving waters are being degraded by."
VOA : standard.2010.08.04
Increasingly, scientists believe that a protein called amyloid peptide is the culprit in Alzheimer's disease.
And is the culprit for driving down prices the supermarkets, the milk processors or world prices?
But once the culprit turned out to be an Islamist, the gaze nearly fell away completely.
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