arsonist

IPA/ˈɑːsənɪst/
KK[ˈɑrsənəst]IPA/ˈɑːrsənɪst/

arsonist — 名詞

  • arsonistsingular
  • arsonistsplural

1. someone who deliberately sets fire to a building or other property, which is a s

1.名詞B2
釋義

縱火犯

蓄意放火燒毀財產的罪犯

someone who deliberately sets fire to a building or other property, which is a serious crime

例句

A suspected arsonist was arrested after the warehouse burned down last Tuesday.

上週倉庫燒毀之後，一名涉嫌縱火犯遭到逮捕。

collocation: suspected arsonist

Baraka was found guilty of setting fire to three shops and sentenced as an arsonist.

Baraka 因放火燒毀三家商店被判有罪，並以縱火犯身分入獄服刑。

passive: was found guilty of / sentenced as

常見搭配
  • suspected arsonist
  • convicted arsonist
  • serial arsonist
  • arsonist + set fire to + [building]
  • arrest + arsonist
同義詞
  • firebug

    informal term, mainly US; common in news headlines

  • incendiary

    formal or technical register; can also refer to devices or materials that cause fire

  • pyromaniac

    clinical term for someone with a psychological compulsion to set fires, not a legal status

反義詞
  • firefighter

    a person trained to extinguish fires, opposite role

用法筆記

Frequently appears in news reports and legal contexts. Often modified by adjectives like 'suspected', 'convicted', or 'serial' before the noun.

常見錯誤

The arsonist burned down the forest.
The arsonist set fire to the warehouse.
Arson usually refers to setting fire to buildings or property, not wild vegetation; wildfires are typically described differently.

同根字

  • arson
    名詞B2
  • commit arson
    片語B2

常見搭配

常用片語

  • suspect of arson
  • charge with arson
  • convicted of arson