premeditated

释义

pre-（之前）+ meditated（「思量过的」）=「事先想好的」，即预先策划的。与法律紧密相关：premeditated murder 是有预谋的谋杀，而非一时冲动。来自 meditārī「沉思」，非 medius「中间」。

常用搭配

• 1.premeditated murder预谋杀人
• 2.premeditated attack蓄意袭击
• 3.cold and premeditated冷酷蓄意的

例句

• 1.

  The jury found that the killing was premeditated.

  陪审团认定这起杀人是有预谋的。

• 2.

  It was a cold, premeditated attack.

  这是一次冷酷的、有预谋的袭击。