culprit

noun

1. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

Synonym: perpetrator

1. 罪犯;犯错的人
When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit .

e.g. All the men were being deported even though the real culprits in the fight have not been identified.
尽管真凶尚未查出，所有参与斗殴的男子均被驱逐出境。

2. 引起问题(或不利情势)的事物
When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as the culprit .

culprit的反义词

e.g. About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.
大约10%的日本青少年超重。营养学家指出主要原因是对西式快餐越来越依赖。

1. 罪犯;肇事者：Prevalence:盛行 | Culprit:罪犯;肇事者 | Secrete:分泌

2. 犯罪者：864. contiguous 邻近的 | 865. culprit 犯罪者 | 866. elusive 难以捉摸的

3. 犯人：culpably 该罚地 | culprit 犯人 | cult of personality 个人崇拜