词根学习笔记(3)|CRIM, PROB

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词根学习笔记(3)|CRIM, PROB

CRIM comes from the Latin words for "fault or crime" or "accusation" It's obvious where the root shows up most commonly in English.  A crime is an act forbidden by the government,which the government itself will punish you for, and for which you may be branded a criminal.


1-criminology

The study of crime, criminals, law enforcement and punishment.

#His growing interest in criminology led him to become a probation officer.

2-decriminalize

To remove or reduce the criminal status of.

# An angry debate over decriminalizing doctor-assisted suicide raged all day in the statehouse.

3-incriminate

To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault.

# The muddy tracks leading to and from the cookie jar were enough to incriminate them.

4-recrimination

(1)The accusation in answer to an accusation made against oneself; (2)The making of such an accusation.

# Their failure to find help led to endless and pointless recriminations over responsibility for the accident.


PROB comes from the Latin words for "prove or proof"  "honesty and integrity". A probe, whether it's a little object for testing electrical circuits or a spacecraft headed for Mars, is basically something that's looking for evidence or proof. And probable originally described something that wasn't certain but might be "provable."


1-approbation

A formal or official act of approving; praise, usually given with pleasure or enthusiasm.

# The Senate signaled its approbation of the new plan by voting for an unanimously.

2-probate

The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person.

# When her father died, she thought she would be able to avoid probate,  but she wasn't that lucky.

3-probity

Absolute honesty and uprightness.

# Her unquestioned probity helped with her the respect of her fellow judges.

4-reprobate

A person of thoroughly bad character.

# His wife finally left him, claiming he was a reprobate who would disappear for weeks at a time, gambling and drinking away all his money.

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