请输入您要查询的单词:

 

单词 cui prodest
释义

cui prodest

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

cui prodest (uncountable)

  1. The rhetorical question "Who benefits?", as used to establish motive for a crime etc.
    • 2016, Donald Rayfield, ‘The Monk behind the Myth’, Literary Review, November:
      On the basis of cui prodest, the British and French might have helped kill Rasputin (to prevent him from persuading the Tsar to make peace with the Germans), but the presence of agents from both countries seems unlikely.

Synonyms

  • cui bono

Anagrams

  • productise
随便看

 

国际大辞典收录了7408809条英语、德语、日语等多语种在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的翻译及用法,是外语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2023 idict.net All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/7/31 16:58:03