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aforethought

英 [ə'fɔːθɔːt] 美[ə'fɔrθɔt]
  • adj. 预谋的;事先考虑的;故意的
  • n. 预谋

双语例句


1. She did not trip Rose up accidentally, it was done with malice aforethought.
她并不是无意中把罗斯绊倒的, 她这样做是有预谋的.

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英文词源


aforethought (adj.)
1580s, from afore + past tense of think. Apparently an English loan-translation of Old French legalese word prepense (see prepense) in malice prepense "malice aforethought" (Coke).