evil
英 [ˈi:vl] 美 [ˈivəl]

adj.

邪恶的，罪恶的；有害的；不幸的，不吉的；品行坏的

n.

邪恶，罪恶；坏事，恶行；邪恶的力量、势力或化身；灾祸

变形

复数：evils

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 邪恶的,坏的 not good morally; wicked; harmful
2. 讨厌的,使人不舒服的 very unpleasant

n.(名词)

1. [U][C]邪恶,罪恶,祸害 great wickedness or misfortune

英英释义

evil[ 'i:vəl ]

• n.
  • morally objectionable behavior

    同义词：immoralitywickednessiniquity

  • that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune

    "the evil that men do lives after them"; "the good is oft interred with their bones"

  • the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

    "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

    同义词：evilness

• adj.
  • morally bad or wrong

    "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

  • having the nature of vice

    同义词：vicious

  • tending to cause great harm

    同义词：harmfulinjurious

  • having or exerting a malignant influence

    同义词：maleficmalevolentmalign

词汇搭配

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
• evil tongue谗言

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• breed an evil产生弊病
• bring evil带来灾难
• do evil作恶
• oppose〔overcome〕 the evil反对〔战胜〕罪恶
• rectify〔redress〕 an evil纠正弊病
• resist the evil抵抗邪恶
• root off〔out〕 evil根除灾难
• speak evil说坏话

形容词+～

• crying〔necessary〕 evil急需克服〔不可避免〕的弊病
• existing evils当前的弊病
• longstanding evil由来已久的弊病
• terrible evil可怕的灾祸
• vast evil大灾祸

～+名词

• evil thoughts邪念

词组短语

evil spirit恶魔；妖精

speak evil of说坏话；诽谤

do evil作恶；为非作歹；干坏事；造孽

necessary evil n. 无可避免之灾祸

axis of evil邪恶轴心

resident evil生化危机（原为日本恐怖游戏，后改编为电影）

evil deeds邪恶的行为；邪行

evil intention歹意；罪恶的动机

evil eye n. 有些人具有目视他人而使之遭殃的能力；恶毒眼光

evil thoughts邪念

evil consequence恶果

evil wind阴风；贼风

social evil n. 对社会大众有害的事物；社会恶习

evil empire邪恶帝国

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

ill, poor, bad, evil, wicked

这组词都有“坏的”的意思，其区别是：

ill与evil意义接近，但语气弱一些，常指道德或性质方面的不良。

poor普通用词，侧重指事物的质量或数量低于标准或不合要求。用于指天气与食品时可与bad通用。

bad含义广泛，指任何不好的或不合需要的品质。

evil语气比bad强，强调道德上的邪恶不良，含狡猾凶险或危害他人的意味。

wicked语气比evil强，指居心叵测，任意违反道德标准，有意作恶。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. His evil designs were frustrated.
   他的罪恶企图未能得逞。
2. The book gives, as it were, a picture of the evil old society.
   这本书可谓是展现过去那个邪恶社会的图画。
3. Drug dealer is evil to the society.
   毒品交易者有害社会。
4. What an evil smell!
   多么臭的气味！

用作名词(n.)

1. My father taught me to render good for evil.
   我父亲教导我要以德报怨。
2. Money is thought to be the root cause of all evils.
   金钱被认为是万恶之源。
3. Separation from her grandfather was the greatest evil she could dread.
   同外祖父分离是她最担心的一种灾祸。

权威例句

Axis of evil: molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis.
$H_{2}0_2$, a Necessary Evil for Cell Signaling
The roots of evil: The origins of genocide and other group violence.
Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
Cell signaling. H2O2, a necessary evil for cell signaling.
The Lucifer effect: Understanding how good people turn evil.
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, by Hannah Arendt
TNF/iNOS-Producing Dendritic Cells Are the Necessary Evil of Lethal Influenza Virus Infection
Loop Diuretics in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Necessary? Evil? A Necessary Evil?
EMT, cancer stem cells and drug resistance: an emerging axis of evil in the war on cancer