evil
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 ['i?v(?)l; -v?l'i:vl]
- 美式音標 [?i?.v?l]
- 國際音標 ['i:v?l]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj. 邪惡的；不幸的；有害的；討厭的
- n. 罪惡，邪惡；不幸
詞源解說
- 直接源自古英語的yfel，意為壞的，惡毒的。
詞根記憶
- live和evil位置顛倒→黑白顛倒，罪惡叢生→邪惡，禍害
- evil→live位置顛倒→生活顛倒，罪惡叢生→邪惡，禍害
- “l(fā)ive”字母顛倒變成“evil”→黑白顛倒，罪惡叢生→邪惡，罪惡
- live→evil位置顛倒→生活過得顛倒就容易產(chǎn)生邪惡→邪惡
用法辨析
- evil表示抽象的“罪惡”時,為不可數(shù)名詞; 表示具體的“壞事,邪惡的事,禍害”時,為可數(shù)名詞。evil有時還可作“惡言,誹謗”解。
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- He is an evil man with evil ideas, and leads an evil life.
他是一個滿腦子惡念頭的邪惡的人,過著一種罪惡的生活。 - Love of money is the root of all evil.
愛錢是邪惡的根源。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ～+ n.
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語
- evil acts 〔deeds〕 惡劣行為
- evil devices 奸計
- evil life 墮落的生活
- evil man 〔thing〕 壞人〔事〕
- evil news 噩耗
用作形容詞 (adj.)
～+名詞
英英字典
- morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant
- something that is very bad and harmful
- Evil is a powerful force that some people believe to exist, and that causes wicked and bad things to happen.
- Evil is used to refer to all the wicked and bad things that happen in the world.
- If you refer to an evil, you mean a very unpleasant or harmful situation or activity.
- If you describe someone as evil, you mean that they are very wicked by nature and take pleasure in doing things that harm other people.
- If you describe something as evil, you mean that you think it causes a great deal of harm to people and is morally bad.
- If you describe something as evil, you mean that you think it is influenced by the devil.
- If you have two choices, but think that they are both bad, you can describe the less bad one as the lesser of two evils, or the lesser evil.
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柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 惡
Humanity on the "evil" can be said that the exposition of Machiavelli's Political Thought foundation.
對人性“惡”的論斷可以說是馬基雅維里政治思想的基礎(chǔ)。醫(yī)藥科學(xué)
- 淋巴結(jié)結(jié)核，瘰疬(= king's evil)
- 惡
Being good or evil depends on practice fully.
成善還是為惡，關(guān)鍵取決于后天之習(xí)。宗教學(xué)
- 罪惡
- 可延伸視頻交談?wù)Z言 (extensible video interactive language)