1. per- "completely" + patrare "carry out, perform, accomplish," originally "bring into existence," originally meant literally 'perform or accomplish in the capacity or quality of a father'.
2. Neither good nor bad in Latin, first used in English in statutes, hence its sense of "perform criminally".
3. per- + petr- (patr-的变体、音变) + -ate.
4. 该词本无好坏之分，但由于首次进入英语时，被用于法规、法令之中，所以含义由此演变为做坏事。

perpetrate 犯罪，做恶

来自拉丁语perpetrare,履行，执行，完成，来自per-,整个的，patrare,执行，实施，来自pater,父亲，词源同father.其字面意思可能是生下小孩，成为父亲。其原义并无感情色情，后用于比喻用法始作俑者，犯罪，做恶。

1. Did you perpetrate this terrible poem?

你作了这首滥诗 吗 ?

2. Only an insane person could perpetrate such a horrible crime.

只有疯子才犯这种令人发指的罪行.

3. Who perpetrate that dreadful extension to the front of the building.

谁在那楼房正面加盖了那麽一截讨厌的建筑物.

4. It works to mobilize public opinion which exerts pressure on individuals who perpetrate abuses.

它致力于动员公众舆论对实施滥用人权的个体施加压力.

5. Some people who knew Sudan feared that an enraged Mr Bashir would perpetrate fresh atrocities.

了解苏丹的一些人曾怛心被激怒的Omar先生会犯下新的暴行.