petty crime

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌpet.i ˈkraɪm]
• 美式音标 [ˌpet̬.i ˈkraɪm]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 轻微罪行

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• They were also sent because of petty crime, like stealing food, or because they had missed school.
  还有人是因为像盗窃食物这样的轻微罪行，或者是因为缺课而被送走的。
• Petty crime is rising in both cities in the continuing absence of effective police, and businesses are slashing payrolls in response to pinched demand.
  由于有效的警察系统的持续缺失，轻微犯罪在两个城市都在增多。 为了应对削减的需求，企业在大量削减薪酬。
• Until recently the government was sceptical of the value of imprisoning people for petty crime; and the arguments against doing so remain as strong as they were two weeks ago.
  直到最近，政府开始思考因为小罪将人关进监狱的这种做法到底价值何在；而反对政府这一做法的呼声和两星期前一样强烈。

权威例句

• It says that violent crime, per person, is below Lisbon's, and petty crime is lower than in Singapore.
  ECONOMIST: Macau: Taking a gamble The
• An American travel advisory for St Kitts-Nevis gives warning only of petty crime.
  ECONOMIST: Don’t bother to reform, just execute

词组短语

短语

• petty economic crime 小经济犯罪
• petty y crime 轻微犯罪
• the young people petty crime 青少年暴力犯罪

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a type of crime that is not considered serious when compared with some other crimes

专业释义

法学

• 轻罪