Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2063
criminal
罪犯；犯人
核心释义
A person who has committed a crime or been convicted of one.
- 1.
犯罪的人,尤指违反法律的人
A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
- 2.
犯了罪或被依法定罪的人
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
犯罪的人,尤指违反法律的人；犯了罪或被依法定罪的人；罪犯；犯人；刑事
用法In use
The police arrested the criminal after a long chase.
用法提示：这里的criminal是名词，指犯了罪的人。
The criminal was sentenced to ten years in prison.
用法提示：criminal作为名词，指被定罪的犯人。
Witnesses identified the criminal from a lineup.
用法提示：criminal是名词，指犯罪嫌疑人。
be a criminal
用 be 动词说明某人的身份，否定式用 not a criminal。
He is not a criminal.
他不是罪犯。
a criminal who + verb
用 who 引导定语从句，说明罪犯的具体行为。
She is a criminal who has broken the law.
她是一个违反了法律的罪犯。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- violent criminal
- 暴力罪犯
- The police are searching for a violent criminal who escaped from prison.警方正在搜寻一名越狱的暴力罪犯。
- career criminal
- 职业罪犯
- He was a career criminal who had spent most of his life in jail.他是个职业罪犯，一生大部分时间都在监狱中度过。
- convicted criminal
- 已定罪的罪犯
- The convicted criminal was sentenced to 20 years in prison.这名已被定罪的罪犯被判处20年监禁。
- dangerous criminal
- 危险罪犯
- The dangerous criminal should be kept in maximum security.这名危险罪犯应关押在最高安全级别的监狱。
- petty criminal
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
罪犯(criminal)可以联想为‘crime’+‘人’，即犯罪的人，记住结尾是-al。
语境与语域Context & Register
罪犯（名词）：通常用于法律、新闻报道或正式场合，但在日常口语中也常见，中性偏正式。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'liminal' genuinely rhymes with 'criminal' (/ˈkɹɪmənəl/); the other words share the '-inal' spelling but differ in stress or vowel sounds (e.g., original /əˈrɪdʒənəl/).
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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