culprit

英 [ˈkʌlprɪt]

美 [ˈkʌlprɪt]

n. 犯错的人; 罪犯; 肇事者; 引起问题的事物

复数：culprits　

Collins.1 / BNC.11124 / COCA.8877

牛津词典

noun

犯错的人；罪犯
a person who has done sth wrong or against the law
1. The police quickly identified the real culprits.
  警方很快查出了真正的罪犯。
肇事者；引起问题的事物
a person or thing responsible for causing a problem
1. 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。

N-COUNT 罪犯;犯错的人
When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it asthe culprit.
1. All the men were being deported even though the real culprits in the fight have not been identified.
  尽管真凶尚未查出，所有参与斗殴的男子均被驱逐出境。
N-COUNT 引起问题(或不利情势)的事物
When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause asthe culprit.
1. About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.
  大约10%的日本青少年超重。营养学家指出主要原因是对西式快餐越来越依赖。

noun

Someone was breaking windows, but we soon caught the culprit.
有人打破了窗户，但是我们很快就抓到了罪魁祸首。
'you have no excuse whatever,'the judge told the culprit.
“你没有任何开脱的理由，”法官对那罪犯说。
The culprit in the bank robbery has finally been caught.
银行抢案的祸首罪犯终于被抓了。
He begins to patrol that area of the library, but ends up being a culprit himself.
于是他开始在这片地方巡逻，最后自己却也成了犯人。
All the men were being deported even though the real culprits in the fight have not been identified.
尽管真凶尚未查出，所有参与斗殴的男子均被驱逐出境。
He gave the name of the chief culprit.
他供出了主犯的名字。
Research by specialists leads people to think the chief culprit for SARS might be masked civet.
经过专家研究，非典的罪魁祸首可能是果子狸。
About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.
大约10%的日本青少年超重。营养学家指出主要原因是对西式快餐越来越依赖。
If he happened to find a man having a spell the culprit was immediately discharged.
他如果发现某人有偷懒的嫌疑就会立即把那个人开除掉。
One possible culprit related both to cleanliness and bathing is the widespread use of detergents.
其中一个与清洁和洗浴都可能相关的罪魁祸首就是洗涤剂的使用。