流逝汉英词典

evil

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['iːv(ə)l; -vɪl'i:vl]
  • 美式音标 [ˈiː.vəl]
  • 国际音标 ['i:vəl]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 邪恶的；不幸的；有害的；讨厌的
  • n. 罪恶，邪恶；不幸

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的yfel，意为坏的，恶毒的。

词根记忆

  • live和evil位置颠倒→黑白颠倒，罪恶丛生→邪恶，祸害
  • evil→live位置颠倒→生活颠倒，罪恶丛生→邪恶，祸害
  • “live”字母颠倒变成“evil”→黑白颠倒，罪恶丛生→邪恶，罪恶
  • live→evil位置颠倒→生活过得颠倒就容易产生邪恶→邪恶

同根派生

  • adv性质的同根词
    evilly：邪恶地。
  • n性质的同根词
    evilness：邪恶；恶运；有害。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • evil表示抽象的“罪恶”时,为不可数名词; 表示具体的“坏事,邪恶的事,祸害”时,为可数名词。evil有时还可作“恶言,诽谤”解。

英汉例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    用作定语: ～+ n.

  • He is an evil man with evil ideas, and leads an evil life.
    他是一个满脑子恶念头的邪恶的人,过着一种罪恶的生活。

    • 用作名词 (n.)

  • Love of money is the root of all evil.
    爱钱是邪恶的根源。

词组短语

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    ～+名词

  • evil acts 〔deeds〕 恶劣行为
  • evil devices 奸计
  • evil life 堕落的生活
  • evil man 〔thing〕 坏人〔事〕
  • evil news 噩耗

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant
  • something that is very bad and harmful

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.

专业释义

    法学

  • 恶

    Humanity on the "evil" can be said that the exposition of Machiavelli's Political Thought foundation.
    对人性“恶”的论断可以说是马基雅维里政治思想的基础。

    医药科学

  • 淋巴结结核，瘰疬(= king's evil)

    • 哲学

  • 恶

    Being good or evil depends on practice fully.
    成善还是为恶，关键取决于后天之习。

    宗教学

  • 罪恶

    • 计算机科学技术

  • 可延伸视频交谈语言 (extensible video interactive language)