词根学习笔记（3）|CRIM, PROB
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词根学习笔记（3）|CRIM, PROB
CRIM comes from the Latin words for "fault or crime" or "accusation" It's obvious where the root shows up most commonly in English. A crime is an act forbidden by the government，which the government itself will punish you for, and for which you may be branded a criminal.
1-criminology
The study of crime, criminals, law enforcement and punishment.
#His growing interest in criminology led him to become a probation officer.
2-decriminalize
To remove or reduce the criminal status of.
# An angry debate over decriminalizing doctor-assisted suicide raged all day in the statehouse.
3-incriminate
To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault.
# The muddy tracks leading to and from the cookie jar were enough to incriminate them.
4-recrimination
(1)The accusation in answer to an accusation made against oneself; (2)The making of such an accusation.
# Their failure to find help led to endless and pointless recriminations over responsibility for the accident.
PROB comes from the Latin words for "prove or proof" "honesty and integrity". A probe, whether it's a little object for testing electrical circuits or a spacecraft headed for Mars, is basically something that's looking for evidence or proof. And probable originally described something that wasn't certain but might be "provable."
1-approbation
A formal or official act of approving; praise, usually given with pleasure or enthusiasm.
# The Senate signaled its approbation of the new plan by voting for an unanimously.
2-probate
The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person.
# When her father died, she thought she would be able to avoid probate, but she wasn't that lucky.
3-probity
Absolute honesty and uprightness.
# Her unquestioned probity helped with her the respect of her fellow judges.
4-reprobate
A person of thoroughly bad character.
# His wife finally left him, claiming he was a reprobate who would disappear for weeks at a time, gambling and drinking away all his money.
