1. 1預謀的、蓄意的

    A premeditated crime or attack was thought about and planned before it happened, then done on purpose. It is a strong, serious word, almost always at home in police reports, courts, and news. Judges care about it because a planned harm is treated as worse than a sudden fight in anger. You will hear premeditated murder, a premeditated assault. People sometimes stretch it to a cold, planned insult, but that is less common and a bit dramatic. It is the opposite of “in the heat of the moment.” If something was premeditated, the person had time to stop, and did not.

core核心畫面

組成pre- (before) + meditated (thought through). The idea was built in the mind first.

同家族的字

  • premeditationthe noun: the planning itself
  • premeditatethe verb: to plan it first
  • meditateboth come from Latin for thinking something over; here the thinking is a plan

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。

premeditatedadj

  • 1

    Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.

    • premeditated assault
    • a premeditated act of aggression

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • premeditate

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