evil

1. N-UNCOUNT Evil is a powerful force that some people believe to exist, and that causes wicked and bad things to happen. 惡; 邪惡

There's always a conflict between good and evil in his plays. 他的戲劇中總是有善與惡的沖突。

2. N-UNCOUNT Evil is used to refer to all the wicked and bad things that happen in the world. 惡行

He could not, after all, stop all the evil in the world. 他畢竟不能阻止世上所有的惡行。

3. N-COUNT If you refer to an evil, you mean a very unpleasant or harmful situation or activity. 不愉快的事; 有害的事

Higher taxes may be a necessary evil. 提高稅率雖不是件令人愉快的事，但可能是必要的。

4. ADJ 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. 邪惡的; 兇惡的

...the country's most evil terrorists. …該國(guó)最兇惡的恐怖分子。

5. ADJ If you describe something as evil, you mean that you think it causes a great deal of harm to people and is morally bad. 傷天害理的

A judge yesterday condemned heroin as evil. 一名法官昨天譴責(zé)海洛因傷天害理。

6. ADJ If you describe something as evil, you mean that you think it is influenced by the devil. 受惡魔影響的

I think this is an evil spirit at work. 我想這是惡魔在作祟。

7. PHRASE 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. 兩害之中的輕者

People voted for him as the lesser of two evils. 人們投票選他只是出于兩害相權(quán)取其輕罷了。