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

• And yet here are two culprits.
  但是，这儿有两个犯人呀。
• Possible culprits included ticks, roundworms and certain microbes.
  可能的病原包括蜱，蛔虫和特定的微生物。
• 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。
• Took too many forced shots-the main culprits being Stackhouse and Terry.
  太多的被逼投篮&主要是斯塔克豪斯和特里。
• 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。
• Children in this country are getting much too fat, and sugar and sweets are the main culprits.
  这个国家的小孩们正变得过于肥胖，糖和甜食是罪魁祸首。
• However, the two culprits advanced, and as they approached their faces became visible.
  两个犯人继续向前走着，当他们走近的时候，他们的脸可以看得一清二楚了。
• 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。
• But you can be sure that the culprits will be punished.
  但请你相信犯人会得到应有的惩罚。
• These two culprits are very likely to have the answer.
  极有可能是这两个罪犯所为。