evils
英 [ˈiːvlz]
美 [ˈivəlz]
n. 邪恶; 罪恶; 恶行; 害处; 坏处; 弊端
evil的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 恶;罪恶;邪恶
Evilis a powerful force that some people believe to exist, and which causes wicked and bad things to happen.- We are still being attacked by the forces of evil...
我们仍在遭受邪恶力量的攻击。 - 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。
- We are still being attacked by the forces of evil...
- N-UNCOUNT 坏事;恶行
Evilis used to refer to all the wicked and bad things that happen in the world.- He could not, after all, stop all the evil in the world.
毕竟他无法阻止世界上的所有恶行。 - ...those who see television as the root of all evil.
那些将电视视为万恶之源的人
- He could not, after all, stop all the evil in the world.
- N-COUNT 祸害;灾难;弊病;不幸
If you refer to anevil, you mean a very unpleasant or harmful situation or activity.- Apartheid is even a greater evil...
种族隔离是更大的祸害。 - Higher taxes may be a necessary evil.
提高税收可能会很不受欢迎,但却是必要的。 - ...a lecture on the evils of alcohol.
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- Apartheid is even a greater evil...
- ADJ-GRADED (人)凶恶的,邪恶的
If you describe someone asevil, you mean that they are very wicked by nature and take pleasure in doing things that harm other people.- ...the country's most evil terrorists...
该国最邪恶的恐怖分子 - She's an evil woman.
她是个邪恶的女人。
- ...the country's most evil terrorists...
- ADJ-GRADED 危害社会的;道德败坏的
If you describe something asevil, you mean that you think it causes a great deal of harm to people and is morally bad.- After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil...
1760年后,很多美国人都在谴责奴隶制的社会危害。 - They are setting an evil example for their children.
他们正给孩子们树立道德败坏的反面形象。
- After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil...
- ADJ-GRADED 受魔鬼影响的;恶魔的;不祥的
If you describe something asevil, you mean that you think it is influenced by the devil.- I think this is an evil spirit at work...
我认为这是恶魔在作祟。 - According to local folklore it is an evil place.
据当地民间传说,那是个不祥的地方。
- I think this is an evil spirit at work...
- ADJ-GRADED (气味)难闻的,令人不舒服的
You can describe a very unpleasant smell asevil.- Both men were smoking evil-smelling pipes.
两个男人都在抽着难闻的烟斗。
- Both men were smoking evil-smelling pipes.
- PHRASE 倒霉的日子/时刻
If someone is putting offthe evil dayorthe evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.- 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。
- You can simply go on putting off the evil day and eventually find yourself smoking as much as ever.
- PHRASE 两害中的较轻者
If you have two choices, but think that they are both bad, you can describe the one which is less bad asthe lesser of two evils, orthe lesser evil.- 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。 - One suspects that hydro power is still the lesser evil.
有人认为水力发电仍旧是两害相较取其轻。
- People voted for him as the lesser of two evils...
双语例句
- It is the worst of all evils!
那是万恶中的最恶! - Do you reject Satan and all his evils?
你憎恶撒旦和他们所有的恶魔吗? - Nothing was done to save these women from the twin evils of begging or the workhouse.
没有采取任何措施把这些妇女从乞讨或济贫院这两大相似的灾难中拯救出来。 - The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear.
自己作的孽最难熬。 - War, famine and flood are terrible evils.
战争,饥荒和水灾都是可怕的灾难。 - All these evils proceed from war.
所有这些罪恶都出自战争。 - Poverty is the root of all evils.
贫乏是一切罪恶的根源。 - We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in.
我们可能被锁定出的罪恶,但在这样做时,我们已锁上自己的。 - The love of money is the root of all evils.
对金钱的迷恋是万恶之源。 - Pride is the parent of all evils.
骄傲乃万恶之源。