HELPa person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong 帮凶,同谋者,共犯
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accomplice• She has been accused of being an accomplice in the kidnapping.• After the robbery, the men escaped in a stolen car driven by an accomplice.• Evans could not have carried out the robbery without an accomplice.• Gutierrez and two people accused of being accomplices were moved to the Almoloya prison, outside the capital.• Two other boys were accused of being accomplices in the attack.• And by going along with it, all his guests were, to greater or lesser degrees, accomplices in the fraud.• But speculation about whether he had accomplices has run amok.• Shorter and his accomplices were arrested without a struggle.• One man held a gun on her while his accomplice took the money.• The offenders's accomplice stood at the door holding what appeared to be a shotgun.• At Cambridge he was always the centre of a circle of friends, willing accomplices in his endlessschemes and parties.
Originaccomplice
(1500-1600) Probably from a complice, mistaken for acomplice; complice“accomplice”((15-19 centuries)) from Old French, from Late Latincomplex, from Latincomplicare ( → COMPLICATE)
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤willing自願的同謀▸➤unwitting不知情的同謀▸➤alleged被控的共犯PREPOSITION➤accomplice in⋯中的共犯◇She became his unwitting accomplice in the robbery.她稀裏糊塗地成了他進行搶劫的幫兇。➤accomplice to⋯的幫兇◇an accomplice to murder謀殺案的共犯
➡ See also the entry for assistant另见assistant条accomplice ♦︎ conspirator ♦︎ accessory ♦︎ plotterThese are all words for a person who helps to commit a crime.这些词均表示帮凶、同谋。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an accomplice / accessory to a crime◆an alleged accomplice / conspirator / plotter◆a / an willing / unwilling / unwitting accomplice / accessory◆a fellow conspirator / plotter■accomplice əˈkʌmplɪs; NAmEəˈkɑːmplɪs [countable] (ratherformal) a person who helps sb else to commit a crime or to do sth wrong帮凶;同案犯;共犯◆The police suspect that he had an accomplice.警方怀疑他有同伙。■conspiratorkənˈspɪrətə(r) [countable] (ratherformal) a person who is involved in a conspiracy(= a secret plan by a group of people to do sth illegal or harmful)共谋者◆The emperor pardoned five of the conspirators.皇帝赦免了其中五个参与密谋的人。ⓘ Conspirator is often used in writing about history, about plans to kill or remove rulers or governments. * conspirator常见于有关历史,有关图谋杀害统治者或推翻政权的文字中。 see also conspiracy ⇨ conspiracy, conspire ⇨ plotverb■accessory əkˈsesəri [countable] (law法律) a person who helps sb to commit a crime or who knows about it and protects the person from the police从犯;同谋;帮凶◆She was charged with being an accessory to murder.她被控为谋杀案的从犯。■plotter [countable] a person who makes a secret plan to harm sb阴谋家;秘密策划者◆He alleged that the plotters had intended to assassinate him.他声称有人密谋要刺杀他。ⓘ Plotter is often used to talk about sb who plans a coup(= a sudden, illegal and often violent change of government). * plotter常指策划政变的人◆a coup plotter策动政变的人 see also plot ⇨ plotverb