crime

noun

1. 犯罪活动；不法行为
   activities that involve breaking the law
   1. an increase in violent crime
      暴力犯罪活动的增加
   2. the fight against crime
      与犯罪活动的斗争
   3. Stores spend more and more on crime prevention every year.
      商店每年在防止犯罪方面的花费越来越多。
   4. petty/serious crime
      轻微的 / 严重的犯罪
   5. the connection between drugs and organized crime
      毒品与有组织犯罪之间的联系
   6. He turned to crime when he dropped out of school.
      他辍学后沦为罪犯。
   7. The crime rate is rising.
      犯罪率正在上升。
   8. crime fiction/novels (= stories about crime)
      描写犯罪活动的小说
   9. crime figures/statistics
      犯罪数字 / 统计数字
   10. She's a crime writer (= she writes stories about crime).
       她是罪案小说作家。
2. 罪；罪行
   an illegal act or activity that can be punished by law
   1. to commit a crime (= do sth illegal)
      犯罪
   2. The massacre was a crime against humanity .
      这场大屠杀是一桩反人类的罪行。
3. 不道德的行为；罪过
   an act that you think is immoral or is a big mistake
   1. It's a crime to waste so much money.
      挥霍这么多钱是一种罪过。

1. N-VAR 犯罪活动;罪行
   A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
   1. He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime...
      他和卡西迪中尉正在勘查犯罪现场。
   2. Mr Steele has committed no crime and poses no danger to the public...
      斯蒂尔先生没有犯罪，并未对公众构成危害。
   3. Endangering their lives will be regarded as a crime against humanity.
      危害他们的生命将被视为犯下了反人类罪。
   4. ...the growing problem of organised crime...
      有组织犯罪的问题越来越严重
   5. We need a positive programme of crime prevention.
      我们需要制订一个能有效预防犯罪的方案。
2. N-COUNT 罪过;严重错误
   If you say that doing something is a crime, you think it is very wrong or a serious mistake.
   1. A language is a finely tuned instrument which it is a crime to damage...
      语言是一种精心调试的乐器，破坏它就是一种罪过。
   2. It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney.
      如果千里迢迢去澳大利亚却不在悉尼停留，那将是一大失误。

1. The Home Secretary aims to break the vicious circle between disadvantage and crime
   内政大臣力图打破贫困和犯罪之间的恶性循环。
2. He committed a crime, no ifs or buts about it.
   他犯了罪，这是无可争辩的。
3. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.
   这是间谍罪，应判死刑。
4. Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime.
   国会对政府打击犯罪的新措施提出了批评。
5. I have never committed any crime
   我从来没犯过罪。
6. The number of prisoners increased as a corollary of the government's determination to combat violent crime.
   政府决心打击暴力犯罪，直接导致了囚犯数量的增多。
7. He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime
   他怀疑有人密谋掩盖犯罪事实。
8. He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime
   他和卡西迪中尉正在勘查犯罪现场。
9. Mr Steele has committed no crime and poses no danger to the public
   斯蒂尔先生没有犯罪，并未对公众构成危害。
10. We need a positive programme of crime prevention.
    我们需要制订一个能有效预防犯罪的方案。
11. A language is a finely tuned instrument which it is a crime to damage
    语言是一种精心调试的乐器，破坏它就是一种罪过。
12. It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney.
    如果千里迢迢去澳大利亚却不在悉尼停留，那将是一大失误。
13. Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life.
    轻微罪行正对社区生活产生有害影响。
14. The crime elicited an outcry against illicit drugs.
    那起罪行引发了打击违禁药品的呼声。
15. The punishment must always fit the crime.
    必须始终坚持罪罚相当的原则。
16. Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.
    城市贫民区的种族主义和犯罪仍然十分猖獗。
17. It seems to me that this crime was foreseeable and this death preventable
    在我看来这起罪行是可以预见的，死亡也是本可避免的。
18. Filmmakers have often been accused of glamorizing organized crime.
    电影制片人常常被指责美化了集团犯罪。
19. There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
    电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
20. They deserve punishment which matches the gravity of their crime
    应当根据罪行的严重性来惩治他们。
21. The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated
    把盗窃艺术品看作是一种绅士犯罪的观念已经过时了。
22. If a crime occurs then there is, ipso facto, a guilty party.
    如果犯罪发生了，那么根据事实本身，就会有有罪的一方。
23. Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.
    一些人对犯罪有一种病态的痴迷。
24. Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
    犯罪和对犯罪的恐惧一直困扰着这个社区。
25. Police have to be realistic about violent crime
    警方需要对暴力犯罪持务实态度。
26. Crime is an increasingly serious problem in Russian society
    犯罪猖獗是俄罗斯社会面临的一个日益严重的问题。
27. There is very little stigma attached to crime and criminals.
    人们几乎都不把犯罪和罪犯视为一种耻辱。
28. Art theft is now part of organised crime.
    盗窃艺术品如今成为一种有组织的犯罪活动。
29. She has been involved in the war against organised crime.
    她参与了打击有组织犯罪的斗争。
30. Within criminal law almost anything could be defined as 'crime'.
    在刑法中，几乎任何行为都可以被界定为“犯罪”。

noun

1. (criminal law) an act punishable by law
   1. a long record of crimes

   Synonym:    offensecriminal offensecriminal offenceoffencelaw-breaking

2. an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
   1. crimes of the heart