precrime

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act that is close to, or is a precursor of a crime. countable
    — Held captive by society against their own free wills, the precogs are destined to foretell disturbing precrimes. Yet these precrimes will be committed by persons who are exercising their own free wills.
  2. The tendency in criminal justice systems to focus on crimes not yet committed. uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Before a crime. not-comparable
    — The precrime actions of the murderers in the days and hours before they killed provide clues to their mental states at the time of the murders.

词形变化

pre-crime alternative precrimes plural pre-crime alternative

词源

词源 1
From pre- + crime.
词源 2
From pre- + crime.
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