小词详解 | accomplice

accomplice 英 [əˈkʌmplɪs] 美 [əˈkɑːmplɪs]

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外刊例句

• They see India as an indispensable accomplice in their rivalry with China.
  他们将印度视为其与中国的竞争中不可或缺的帮凶。
  ——《经济学人》
• His accomplice with the booty had left and eluded pursuit.
  他的同伙已经携赃物离开并甩掉了追捕。
  ——《纽约时报》

基本释义

[noun] a person who helps another commit a crime
[名词] 帮助他人犯罪的人

深入解读

从词源上来看， accomplice 一词源自拉丁语 complicare （字面义“折叠在一起”，引申指“参与”），先后经晚期拉丁语 complicem （搭档、同伙）和古法语 complice （搭档、同伙）于16世纪80年代进入英语，用来表示“共犯、帮凶、同谋”，主要指与他人一起参与不法或不道德行为的人，无论是作为主犯、教唆犯还是从犯。比如：

• 那个小店主糊里糊涂地成了犯罪的帮凶。
  The petty shopkeeper became an unwitting accomplice in the crime.
• 首恶必办，胁从不问，立功受奖。
  The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merit shall be rewarded.

名人名言

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.
忽视邪恶就是成为邪恶的帮凶。

出自美国牧师、社会运动者、人权主义者和非裔美国人民权运动领袖马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King Jr.）。

同近义词

• accessory: someone who gives assistance to the perpetrator of a crime without taking part in it
• confederate: a person one works with, especially in something secret or illegal; an accomplice