evil
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) ['i?v(?)l; -v?l'i:vl]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?i?.v?l]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) ['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(shuō)
- 直接源自古英語(yǔ)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(guò)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(shí),為不可數(shù)名詞; 表示具體的“壞事,邪惡的事,禍害”時(shí),為可數(shù)名詞。evil有時(shí)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(gè)滿腦子惡念頭的邪惡的人,過(guò)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(yǔ): ～+ n.
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語(yǔ)
- evil acts 〔deeds〕 惡劣行為
- evil devices 奸計(jì)
- 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.
劍橋英英字典
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(duì)人性“惡”的論斷可以說(shuō)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)