accomplice: [15] This word was borrowed into English (from French) as complice (and complice stayed in common usage until late in the 19th century). It comes from Latin complex, which is related to English complicated, and originally meant simply ‘an associate’, without any pejorative associations. The form accomplice first appears on the scene in the late 15th century (the first record of it is in William Caxton’s Charles the Great), and it probably arose through a misanalysis of complice preceded by the indefinite article (a complice) as acomplice. It may also have been influenced by accomplish or accompany. => complicated
accomplice (n.)
1580s (earlier complice, late 15c.), from Old French complice "a confederate," from Late Latin complicem (nominative complex) "partner, confederate," from Latin complicare "fold together" (see complicate). With parasitic a- on model of accomplish, etc., or perhaps by assimilation of indefinite article in phrase a complice.
双语例句
1. He was working alone and did not have an accomplice.
他在单干，没有同伙。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The gunman escaped on a motorcycle being ridden by an accomplice.
持枪歹徒坐上一辆由同伙驾驶的摩托车逃逸。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He became an unwitting accomplice in the crime.
他糊里糊涂地成了犯罪的帮凶。
来自《权威词典》
4. She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.
她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The thief was not alone. We know he had an accomplice.
