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

• Police are searching for the culprits.
  警方正在搜捕罪犯。
• Industry, transport and incomplete fossil fuel combustion are the main culprits.
  工业、交通和化石燃料的不完全燃烧是主要的元凶。这些气体会导致酸雨，它们对人体有毒，还对大气底层臭氧的形成有贡献。
• Police hope the public will help them to find the culprits.
  警方希望公众能协助他们抓到罪犯。
• 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。
• Remember, all these culprits are in people and they need resources to understand it.
  记住，所有这些犯人在人民和他们需要资源去理解它。
• 1 the police are searching this area for culprits.
  警方正在这个区域搜索犯人。
• 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。
• 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。
• A curious result of these failings is that corruption scandals, environmental disasters and cases of mismanagement in a particular province are often brought to light only in the national media or the media of a neighbouring province where the culprits have no influence.
  这些不足导致了一个奇怪的结果：腐败丑闻、环境灾难和某些省份管理不善的事件，通常只出现在犯事者不具影响力的全国性媒体或邻省的媒体上。
• These two culprits are very likely to have the answer.
  极有可能是这两个罪犯所为。