accomplice
UK/ә'kʌmplis/US
TOEFLGREC2
释义
n.
A person who helps another commit a crime
共犯，同谋，帮凶
词根拆分
词根派生建立在 complice 之上（com-"一起"+ plic"折"="和……折在一起"）。accomplice 就是和罪犯折在一起的人——被卷进同一桩罪里。开头多出来的 ac- 是后来混进去的（很可能是把 "a complice" 听成了一个词）。核心画面仍是 com- +"折"：两个人被折进同一件坏事。
词根 plic 还连着 55 个词常用搭配
- 1.a willing accomplice甘心的同谋
- 2.an unwitting accomplice不知情的帮凶
- 3.the thief's accomplice小偷的同伙
例句
- 1.
He claimed he was an innocent bystander, not an accomplice.
他声称自己只是无辜的旁观者，不是同谋。
- 2.
The thief and his accomplice were arrested at the airport.
小偷和他的同伙在机场被捕。
- 3.
She became an unwilling accomplice to the fraud.
她身不由己地成了这场骗局的帮凶。