culprits

英 [ˈkʌlprɪts]

美 [ˈkʌlprɪts]

n.  犯错的人; 罪犯; 肇事者; 引起问题的事物
culprit的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• The main culprits were caught and heavily sentenced.
  主要罪犯都被逮获并判了重刑。
• Yet beyond the immediate culprits, Koreans have delved deeper to ask questions about their own society.
  但除了直接元凶之外，韩国人进行了更深层次的挖掘，对他们的社会提出了疑问。
• Massive emissions of carbon dioxide by industry and transport are the prime culprits evidenced in this regard.
  二氧化碳的大量排放工业和运输证明在这方面的元凶。
• Frank Bridge, the village constable, was severely reprimanding the two culprits.
  村上的警察弗兰克·布里奇当时正在严厉地斥责那两个干坏事的人。
• As we can not rely on trying the culprits of crimes together to help the detection of this case, we can not count on the initiator downturn in the global economy to help us out of this disaster.
  正如我们不能试图依靠一起犯罪事件的元凶来帮助侦破这起案件一样，我们同样不能指望这场全球经济衰退的始作俑者帮助我们走出这场灾难。
• And yet here are two culprits.
  但是，这儿有两个犯人呀。
• Gold plating of features implemented in early iterations and unreasonable requirements churn are often the culprits.
  在早期迭代和不合理的需求混合中所执行的特性通常是麻烦的制造者。
• Fungi blamed for a serious rice disease are in fact not the sole culprits, according to findings that have implications for protecting both a major crop and human health.
  研究表明，造成一种严重水稻疾病的真菌实际上并不是唯一的案犯。这一研究对保护水稻这种主要作物和人类健康都有影响。
• 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。
• The culprits for this excess savings are the Asians, particularly the region's central banks.
  这种过度储蓄的罪魁祸首是亚洲人，特别是该地区的央行。