nefarious
英 [n?'fe?r??s]
美
- adj. 邪惡的；窮兇極惡的；不法的
GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
nefarious 罪惡的
來自拉丁語nefas,罪行，邪惡，不虔誠，ne-,無，沒有，fas,公理，正義，神權(quán)，詞源同fate.引申詞義罪惡的，邪惡的。
英文詞源
- nefarious
- nefarious: [16] Latin nefās ‘sin’ denoted etymologically something that was contrary to the divine law. It was a compound noun formed from the negative particle ne- and fās ‘divine law, dictates of religion’. From it was derived the adjective nefārius, source of English nefarious.
- nefarious (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin nefarius "wicked, abominable, impious," from nefas "crime, wrong, impiety," from ne- "not" (see un-) + fas "right, lawful, divinely spoken," related to fari "to speak," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Related: Nefariously.
雙語例句
- 1. Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose?
- 如果不是出于某種惡毒的目的，為什么把整村人囚禁起來？
來自辭典例句
- 2. My father believes you all have a nefarious purpose here.
- 我父親認為你們都有邪惡的目的.
來自電影對白
- 3. He was universally feared because of his many nefarious deeds.
- 因為他干了許多罪惡的勾當,所以人人都懼怕他.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Godalhi and Koon pooled their resources in the capture of nefarious criminals.
- 在克隆人戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)前,孔曾被派往泰斯追捕海盜.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. The gifts of the earth were put only to nefarious uses.
- 大地的賜予全被用去造孽.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)