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单词 perpetrate
释义 per·pe·trate
\ˈpərpə-ˌtrāt, ˈpə̄p-, ˈpəip-, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare, from per-, prefix denoting completion + -petrare (from patrare to carry out, accomplish — probably originally “to perform a ritual” — from patr-, pater father, religious leader) — more at per-, father
1.
 a. : to be guilty of (as a crime, an offense) : commit
  < perpetrated the … massacre — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
  < the horrors … their former rulers had perpetrated — F.E.Hirsch >
  < that the press … should perpetrate this calumny — Stephen Spender >
 b. : to carry through (a deception)
  < had perpetrated a delightful fraud — L.P.Smith >
  < perpetrates a successful practical joke — J.A.Morris b. 1904 >
  — often used with on or upon
  < a huge hoax perpetrated on a band of solemn votaries — C.H.Grandgent >
2. : to produce, perform, or execute badly or in a manner held to be execrable or shocking
 < perpetrate such an ungainly sentence >
 < perpetrate a pun >
 < the simpering family groups perpetrated on canvas — Dixon Wecter >
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