The one who did the wrong thing. Point at a line that should not be crossed — a law, a rule — and then point at whoever crossed it: that person is the offender. The word does not describe what they are like; it only marks them as the source of the wrong.
有一條不該越過的線,而 offender 就是「越過那條線的那一個」。你先指出線在哪裡(法律、規定),再把手指移到犯線的人身上——這個字做的就是這個動作。它不描述那個人的性格,只標記出「錯是從他這裡來的」。也因為只是在指認來源,所以它很容易從人身上滑到東西身上:真正該負責的那一個。
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原始詞典資料2 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。
offendernoun/əˈfen.də(ɹ)/
- 1
One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
- Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual.
- 2
A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。