2informalREASON the reason for a particular problem or difficulty 问题的起因;困难的起源
High production costs are the main culprit.
生产成本高是主要原因。
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culprit• Parents who leave the kids with the babysitter and go out because they feel they should are among the biggest culprits.• Any of the eight inmates of the manor could be the culprit.• The police did everything they could to try and track down the culprit, but he was never caught.• The FBI was called in to help track down the culprits.• Everyone in the class started laughing and the teacher began searching for the culprit.• Plaque is the culprit that causes toothdecay.• But the unionrepresentinglibrarianscountered that the culprits were incompetentmanagement and expensivetechnology.• Later I discovered that the culprit was the battery.• And do you know, the new look was the culprit?• Supreme Court officials acknowledge that their own telephone system was the culprit for the leak.• Some money was taken from my deskyesterday. I think I know who the culprit is.