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premeditation
/ˈpriː,mediˈteiʃən,pri-/
noun
预谋；预先计划；事先策划
核心释义
the act of planning or plotting something in advance
- 1.
预先计划或策划某事的行为,尤其是犯罪
The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.
法律上的预谋；蓄意犯罪；预先计划或策划某事的行为,尤其是犯罪；预谋；预先计划
用法In use
The judge said there was no evidence of premeditation, so the charge was reduced to manslaughter.
用法提示：premeditation 在此作不可数名词，作介词 of 的宾语，指法律上的“预谋”或“蓄意”。
Her decision to leave the party early seemed sudden, but it was actually the result of careful premeditation.
用法提示：premeditation 在此作不可数名词，作 the result of 的宾语，表示“事先有计划”。
The detective looked for signs of premeditation in the way the crime was carried out.
用法提示：premeditation 在此作不可数名词，作介词 of 的宾语，指“预谋犯罪”或“事先策划”。
with premeditation
用于法律语境，表示犯罪是有预谋的。
The murder was committed with premeditation.
这起谋杀是预谋实施的。
act of premeditation
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- forethought
- 事先考虑 · premeditation侧重于法律上的预谋犯罪，而forethought泛指一般的预先考虑或计划，无犯罪含义。
- premeditated
- 预谋的，预先策划的 · premeditation是名词，强调预谋的行为或状态；premeditated是形容词，修饰已策划好的事物，常用于描述犯罪。
词族Word family
- premeditations
- plural
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