evil
单词辨析:
形容人时,特指道德上邪恶、不良的,程度强于 bad,含有加害于人、罪恶歹毒的意思;形容事物时,强调不道德的。
He is an evil man.
他是个邪恶的人。
They condemned racism as evil.
他们谴责种族主义是不道德的。
指品质、情况等坏的、糟糕的,或食物等有不良作用的,通常只作定语。
ill fame/health
坏名声/不健康
He has an ill temper.
他脾气很坏。
The chicken didn't taste fresh, but we suffered no ill effects.
那鸡肉尝起来不新鲜,但我们没有不良反应。
可用于修饰人或事物,强调有伤害他人感情或败坏其名声的意图的。
He authored a vicious personal attack on his rival.
他对对手发起了恶毒的人身攻击。
The girl was shocked by the vicious tone in his voice.
那姑娘被他恶毒的语气惊呆了。
指行为等不道德的。
It was wicked of you to drop litter in the park.
你在公园里乱扔垃圾可真缺德。
He'll be punished for his wicked conduct.
他的恶行会受到惩罚。
相关例句:
There's always a conflict between good and evil in his plays.
他的戏剧中总是有善恶之间的斗争。
She flew at me, shouting how wicked and evil I was.
她一边冲向我,一边还喊着我有多缺德多邪恶。
You can simply go on putting off the evil day and eventually find yourself smoking as much as ever.
你当然可以想方设法摆脱,但最后你会发现自己还是像以前一样拼命抽烟。
With knowledge and wisdom, evil could be vanquished on this earth.
拥有了知识和智慧就能够把恶势力从这个世界上铲除。
People voted for him as the lesser of two evils
人们投票支持他只不过是两害相权取其轻罢了。
Well, of course I recognize that evil exists.
嗯,我当然承认邪恶的存在。