premeditation
premeditation, n. Conscious consideration and planning that precedes some act (such as committing a crime). [Cases: Homicide 535; Sentencing and Punishment 1676.] — premeditate, vb.
PREMEDITATION
premeditation
premeditation n. 事先策划；预谋 事先的考虑、策划或图谋。从事先的决定到具体实施相隔的时间可长可短。预谋是构成一级谋杀罪的要件之一，即被告人在实施犯罪前蓄意或明知其行为将造成他人的死亡。 (→deliberate; deliberation; malice aforethought; wilful)