abettor

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈbɛtə/    美 /əˈbɛtɚ/|[-ɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.
    — Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd! Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud:
  2. A supporter or advocate.
    — […] when he recollected that, being there as an assistant, he actually seemed—no matter what unhappy train of circumstances had brought him to that pass—to be the aider and abettor of a system which filled him with honest disgust and indignation, he loathed himself […]

词形变化

abettors plural abetter alternative

词汇关系

近义词
accessory accomplice advocate aid ally assistant confederate cooperator helper
衍生词
aider and abettor

词源

From Middle English abettour, from Anglo-Norman abettour, from Old French abeter + -our (“-or”). See abet.
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