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  • Derivatives : n  crimelessness ; adj   crimeless
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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] [kraɪm]
  1. 1. noun 罪，罪行；犯罪
  2. 2. noun （道德上的）罪过，罪孽；罪恶
  3. 3. noun [总称]犯罪行为
  4. 4. noun [verbal] 憾事，可耻的事，羞耻事
    It's a crime you didn't finish school.
    你没完成学业是件憾事。

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 [informal] 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
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Examples

an abhorrent crime
一桩令人发指的罪行 → abhorrent
He will account for his crime.
他会赎罪的。 → account
Jealousy was assigned as the motive for the crime.
把犯罪的动机归因于忌妒。 → assign
His story bears on the crime.
他所写的报道与罪行有关。 → bear
It's a crime you didn't finish school.
你没完成学业是件憾事。 → crime
denounce an accomplice in crime
告发所犯罪行中的同犯 → accomplice
the enormity of a crime
罪大恶极 → enormity
to fasten a crime on someone
把罪过加在某人身上 → fasten
Let the punishment fit the crime.
量刑判罪。 → fit
a grievous crime
大罪 → grievous
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