vil
adj
1 morally bad; wicked 道德敗壞的; 邪惡的
evil thoughts 邪念 * an evil man 惡棍.
2 very unpleasant or harmful 令人不快的; 壞的; 有害的
an evil smell 難聞的氣味
an evil temper 壞脾氣
evil weather 惡劣的天氣.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) the evil `day, `hour, etc time when sth unpleasant that one would like to avoid (but cannot) will happen 該著倒霉的日子、 時(shí)刻等
I know I need to go to the dentist but I've been putting off the evil day as long as possible. 我明知得去看牙, 卻盡可能把這倒霉日子往後拖. (give sb) the evil `eye supposed power to harm people by a look or glance 惡毒的目光. the `Evil One (dated 舊) the Devil 魔鬼; 惡魔. an evil `tongue tendency to say malicious things about people 說(shuō)人壞話的惡習(xí)
She has an evil tongue. 她愛(ài)說(shuō)別人壞話. one's good/evil genius => genius. fall on evil days (fml 文) suffer hardship or misfortune 遭受苦難或不幸. evil, n (fml 文)
1 [U] wrongdoing or wickedness 罪惡; 邪惡; 惡行
the spirit of evil in man 人類的邪惡靈魂
return good for evil 以德報(bào)怨
speak no evil 不說(shuō)壞話
You cannot pretend there's no evil in the world. 不要以為世界上沒(méi)有罪惡.
2 [C] evil thing; disaster 邪惡之事; 災(zāi)難
War, famine, and flood are terrible evils. 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、 饑荒、 洪水都是可怕的災(zāi)難.
the evils of drink 飲酒的害處.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) the lesser of two evils => lesser. a necessary evil => necessary.