🇬🇧🇨🇳 culprit - 罪魁祸首 : English Lesson

Meaning of "culprit" ("罪魁祸首"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A culprit is the person or thing that caused a problem or did something wrong, like breaking a rule, making a mess, or starting trouble.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The culprit behind the glitter explosion was my art project, now also known as the Sparkle Apocalypse.

When the lights went out, we thought a ghost was the culprit, but it was Dad, who forgot to pay the electric bill.

Everyone blamed the dog for the smelly fart, but the real culprit was Grandpa, who just smiled and blamed the dog too.

We searched for the culprit who kept changing the TV language to Spanish; it was the baby, mashing buttons like a DJ.

The culprit who glued googly eyes on all the fruit was apparently me, but I claim it was art.

A vase crashed. Mother gasped. Everyone blamed the tall dog, the culprit on the couch. The small dog wagged, eyes wide; the cat watched. A trail of dirt led to the garden. The real culprit, a muddy fox cub, sat looking guilty. The culprit tipped its head. The tiny culprit licked a paw. The blamed culprit sighed; family laughed, relieved.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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