Michael Jackson 有一首经典英文歌叫 Smooth Criminal , 中文翻译为《消除犯罪》——是指依靠正义的努力来清除一切罪恶的意思,又叫《犯罪高手》。此歌曲 节奏 强劲,听来 震撼 人心,是迈克尔杰克逊的 经典 金曲之一。( 点我听歌 )今天我们聊聊Criminal的词根,crim. 词根 crim:comes from the Latin for “fault or crime” or “accusation(控告),” and produces such English words as crime and criminalcrim这个词根源自拉丁语,意思是犯错,犯罪,指控的意思,crime 和criminal的词根就是crim。 例:He is interested in the issues of crime and criminology. 他对犯罪及犯罪学极其感兴趣。 例:Television has been incriminated in the decline in study skills among young people(人们把青少年不爱学习归罪于电视) 例:Last year the government announced plans to decriminalize marijuana.(政府去年宣布打算将大麻除罪化. ) 例:Besides, he might come and begin a string of abuse or complainings; I'm certain I should recriminate, and God knows where we should end! 而且,他也许会来,又要乱骂乱抱怨一阵。我肯定我一定会回嘴,天晓得我们到哪儿才算有个完! 例:The bitter rows and recriminations have finally ended the relationship 激烈的争吵和相互指责最终为他们的感情画上了句号。