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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

crime [kraɪm]
  1. 1. noun [c] (illegal act) 罪行
  2. 2. noun [u] (illegal activities) 犯罪活动
  3. 3. noun [c] [fig] 罪过

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

crime [kraɪm]
  1. 1. n.[c] [Criminal Law] 罪,罪行
    The police were investigating the crimes committed in our village.
    警方调查我们村的犯罪情况
  2. 2. n.[c] 罪过恶行
    To me he committed the most deadly crime, of adultery.
    对我来说,他犯了最致命的罪,通奸
  3. 3. n.[u] 犯罪活动不法行为犯罪分子

Collins English-English Dictionary

crime [kraɪm]
  1. 1. n an act or omission prohibited and punished by law
  2. 2. n unlawful acts in general
    a wave of crime
  3. 3. n (as modifier)
    crime wave
  4. 4. n an evil act
  5. 5. n [Spoken] something to be regretted
    it is a crime that he died young
  6. 6. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French, from Latin crimen verdict, accusation, crime

Examples

an abhorrent crime
一桩令人发指的罪行
Jealousy was assigned as the motive for the crime.
把犯罪的动机归因于忌妒。
It's a crime you didn't finish school.
你没完成学业是件憾事。
the enormity of a crime
罪大恶极
Let the punishment fit the crime.
量刑判罪。
a grievous crime
大罪

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