evil

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。

• evil相关词

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。

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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。

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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

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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.

• evil剑桥字典
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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)