Picture one concrete act that breaks the law and can be punished for it — a theft, an attack, a fraud. That single is the seed. From it 'crime' to lawbreaking as a whole, hardens into set phrases for particular kinds of crime, and finally into an everyday 'that's just wrong / what a shame'.

可以想成 crime 的核心畫面,是「一件具體、違法、會被法律處罰的壞事」——一樁竊案、一次傷害、一場詐騙。先抓住這個「單一、可受罰的罪行」當種子,crime 才往外長:放大成『所有違法行為的總稱』,凝固成各種特定罪名的固定說法,最後在口語裡軟化成「這太不應該、太可惜了」。

From the word’s history

From Latin 'crimen' (charge, accusation, offence) — what someone is accused of, the chargeable wrong; this lines up with the core image of a single punishable act.

可以追到拉丁文 crimen(指控、罪名、過犯)——本來指「被指控的那件事、可以被告上去的過錯」,正好對上核心畫面裡那件「會被追究、受罰的具體罪行」。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'crime'

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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

CRIMEname

  • 1

    computingengineeringmathematicsA particular security exploit against secret Web cookies over connections using the HTTPS and SPDY protocols that also use data compression. It relies on observing the change in size of the compressed ciphertext for various inputs.

crimenoun/kɹaɪm/

  • 1

    A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

    • the commission of a crime
    • The generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes — ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned countries — a tech startup found.
  • 2

    Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.

    • Those methods of saving money should be a crime.
    • No crime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love.
  • 3

    obsoleteThat which occasions crime.

    • the tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall
  • 4

    Criminal acts collectively.

    • an effort by the police to tackle crime in the city
    • Trump’s crimes are considered white collar, which are usually nonviolent and often include fraud and corruption, according to the FBI. White collar crime “isn’t thought of as threatening in the same way as street crime, and high-status white offenders are not as burdened by criminal stigma,” Western said.
  • 5

    The habit or practice of committing crimes.

    • Crime doesn’t pay.

crimeverb/kɹaɪm/

  • 1

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo subject to disciplinary punishment.

    • Nevertheless, in the course of a few days he is again intoxicated, creates disturbance in his quarters, is confined by his sergeant, crimed, and brought before the commanding officer […]
  • 2

    To commit crime.

    • If, during the 1920s, the master criminal was a gamester, criming for self expression, during the 1930s he performed in other ways for other purposes.

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