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。
罪犯；犯人
criminals — plural of criminal
犯罪的人,尤指违反法律的人；犯了罪或被依法定罪的人；刑事
A person who has committed a crime or been convicted of one.
犯罪的人,尤指违反法律的人
A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
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
The police arrested the criminal after a long chase.
警察经过长途追捕后逮捕了罪犯。
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.
该罪犯被判处十年监禁。
用法提示：criminal作为名词，指被定罪的犯人。
Witnesses identified the criminal from a lineup.
目击者从列队中指认了罪犯。
用法提示：criminal是名词，指犯罪嫌疑人。
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。
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。
criminal 作主语时，常用被动语态说明其被定罪或处罚。
The criminal was convicted of theft.
那个罪犯被判犯有盗窃罪。
grammar · medium
易错句子The police arrested criminal yesterday.
正确表达The police arrested a criminal yesterday.
criminal 是可数名词，单数形式不能单独充当宾语；英语可数名词单数前必须有限定词，所以句中要加不定冠词 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子The city is full of criminal.
正确表达The city is full of criminals.
criminal 是可数名词，表示“多个罪犯”时必须用复数形式 criminals；汉语名词没有数的形态变化，容易漏掉词尾的 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He went to prison for committing a criminal.
正确表达He went to prison for committing a crime.
criminal 指“罪犯（人）”，crime 指“罪行（行为）”；commit 的宾语是所犯的行为，因此要用 crime，不能用表示人的 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。
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。
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。
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。
轻罪犯；小偷小摸者
A petty criminal was caught stealing from a store.
一名轻罪犯在商店偷东西时被抓住。
crimin (犯罪) + -al (人)
crim- (犯罪) + -e (名词)
in- (进入) + crimin (犯罪) + -ate (动词)
crimin (犯罪) + -ology (学科)
犯罪主谋
The police finally caught the criminal mastermind behind the bank heist.
警方终于抓住了银行抢劫案背后的犯罪主谋。
犯罪记录
Having a criminal record can make it difficult to find a job.
有犯罪记录会让人很难找到工作。
犯罪意图
The prosecutor must prove criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt.
检察官必须排除合理怀疑证明犯罪意图。
我是罪犯，所以把我锁起来。
Britney's song 'Criminal' features the line 'I'm a criminal, so lock me up.'
布兰妮的歌曲《罪犯》中有这样一句歌词：‘我是罪犯，所以把我锁起来。’
我是罪犯，我是个麻烦，我是个怪物。
In his song 'Criminal', Eminem raps 'I'm a criminal, I'm a problem, I'm a monster.'
在他的歌曲《罪犯》中，埃米纳姆唱道：‘我是罪犯，我是个麻烦，我是个怪物。’
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惯犯
The new law targets habitual criminals with longer sentences.
新法律针对惯犯处以更长的刑期。