culprit
의미: The person responsible for a crime, offence, or undesirable situation, or the thing that is the cause of a problem.
Culprit is less formal than 'perpetrator' and more versatile, applying equally to people and to things identified as the source of a problem. A faulty wire can be the culprit behind a fire; a new policy can be the culprit behind falling morale. The word is common in journalism, everyday speech, and investigative contexts, and often collocates with 'main,' 'likely,' 'real,' and 'usual.'
예문
- After weeks of investigation, police finally arrested the culprit responsible for the string of burglaries. 经过数周调查,警方终于逮捕了对一连串入室盗窃案负责的罪犯。Tras semanas de investigación, la policía finalmente detuvo al culpable de la serie de robos en viviendas.数週間の捜査の末、警察はついに一連の空き巣事件の犯人を逮捕した。수 주간의 수사 끝에 경찰은 마침내 연쇄 절도 사건의 범인을 체포했다.
- The report identified rising energy costs as the main culprit behind the sharp increase in household debt. 报告认定不断上涨的能源成本是家庭债务急剧增加的主要元凶。El informe identificó el aumento de los costes energéticos como el principal culpable del fuerte incremento de la deuda de los hogares.報告書は、家計債務の急増の主な原因としてエネルギーコストの上昇を指摘した。보고서는 가계 부채의 급증에 대한 주된 원인으로 에너지 비용 상승을 지목했다.
- Engineers traced the system failure to a single faulty component — the culprit had been hiding in plain sight all along. 工程师将系统故障追溯到一个有缺陷的零部件——罪魁祸首一直就在眼皮底下。Los ingenieros rastrearon el fallo del sistema hasta un único componente defectuoso: el culpable había estado oculto a plena vista todo el tiempo.エンジニアたちはシステム障害の原因を一つの欠陥部品に突き止めた——犯人はずっと目の前に隠れていたのだ。엔지니어들은 시스템 장애의 원인을 하나의 결함 부품으로 추적했다 — 범인은 줄곧 눈앞에 숨어 있었던 것이다.
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사용 가이드
맥락: journalism, professional
어조: neutral
기원과 역사
From Anglo-French cul prit, a courtroom abbreviation of culpable prest (guilty and ready for trial). Entered English in the 17th century as legal jargon before broadening into general usage.
문화적 배경
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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