Word · Frequency #12486
rapist
强奸犯；强奸者
someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
- 1.
One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.
犯有强奸罪的人；强奸他人的人
- 2.
someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
强迫他人发生性行为的人
犯有强奸罪的人；强奸他人的人；强迫他人发生性行为的人；强奸犯；[法] 强奸犯
In use
The police arrested the rapist after collecting enough evidence.
She testified in court against her attacker, a convicted rapist.
The newspaper reported that the rapist had been sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
be a rapist
这是表语结构，说明主语的身份。rapist 是可数名词，前面要加限定词。
The man she married turned out to be a rapist.
她嫁的那个男人原来是个强奸犯。
the rapist who [clause]
用 who 引导的定语从句修饰 rapist，who 在从句中作主语。
The rapist who was arrested yesterday has attacked five women.
昨天被捕的那个强奸犯曾袭击过五名女性。
one of the rapists
one of 后接复数名词，表示某一群体中的一个；谓语动词用单数。
Connections
Collocations
- convicted rapist
- 已定罪的强奸犯
- The convicted rapist was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.这名已定罪的强奸犯被判处十五年监禁。
- serial rapist
- 连环强奸犯
- Police are searching for a serial rapist who has attacked several women in the area.警方正在搜捕一名在该地区袭击了数名女性的连环强奸犯。
- alleged rapist
- 涉嫌强奸者
- The alleged rapist has been denied bail.这名涉嫌强奸者已被拒绝保释。
- rapist attacks
- 强奸犯袭击（行为）
- A series of rapist attacks has made the neighborhood unsafe.一系列强奸犯袭击事件使得这个社区不再安全。
Pop culture & quotes
- All men are rapists, and that's all they are.
- 所有男人都是强奸犯，仅此而已。Spoken by the character Val in Marilyn French's 1977 novel 'The Women's Room', this line delivers a controversial feminist critique of patriarchy.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：rape（强奸）+ -ist（表人），即强奸犯；注意别和 rapper（说唱歌手）混淆。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、法律语境、社会讨论 该词属于中性但严肃的用语，通常出现在新闻报道、法律文书或社会讨论中，日常对话中也可使用；不建议在轻松场合随意使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正的押韵词是 papist /ˈpeɪpɪst/。harpist 和 therapist 同以 /pɪst/ 结尾，但重读元音不同；rapier 只是拼写相似，发音不同；rapid 中的 a 读 /æ/，不是 /eɪ/；dentist 仅共用 -ist 后缀。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.