首页英语词典evilevil的意思

evil

英 ['iːv(ə)l; -vɪl] 美['ivl]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词bad wicked wrong

反义词

adj. 邪恶的；不幸的；有害的；讨厌的
n. 罪恶，邪恶；不幸

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词态变化

复数: evils;比较级: eviler; eviller;最高级: evilest; evillest;

助记提示

1. 人一定要正常地、良性地活着(live)，要不然颠倒过来就变成了evil，变成了邪恶的、罪恶的人，就像希特勒、东条英机这种恶魔。
2. 魔鬼、恶魔一般都是晚上出来活动，它们是不是跟我们正常的生活是颠倒的啊！

中文词源

evil 邪恶的

来自PIE*upelo, 来自*upo的扩大形式，词源同sub-, 在下面。其本义为过度，后词义进一步恶化，并最终由过度到邪恶的。

英英释意

1. morally objectionable behavior

2. that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune;: "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare

3. the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;: "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

英文词源

evil: evil: [OE] Evil has got distinctly worse over the millennia. Originally it seems to have signified nothing more sinister than ‘uppity’, and in the Old and Middle English period it meant simply ‘bad’; it is only in modern English that its connotations of ‘extreme moral wickedness’ came to the fore. It probably comes ultimately from *upelo- a derivative of the Indo-European base *upo- ‘under’ (source of Greek hupó ‘under’, Sanskrit upa ‘at, to’, and English up and over), and so its underlying connotation is of ‘exceeding due limits, extremism’.

Its Germanic descendant was *ubilaz, source of German übel ‘evil’ as well as English evil.
=> over, up
evil (adj.): Old English yfel (Kentish evel) "bad, vicious, ill, wicked," from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz (cognates: Old Saxon ubil, Old Frisian and Middle Dutch evel, Dutch euvel, Old High German ubil, German übel, Gothic ubils), from PIE *upelo-, from root *wap- "bad, evil" (cognates: Hittite huwapp- "evil").

In Old English and other older Germanic languages other than Scandinavian, "this word is the most comprehensive adjectival expression of disapproval, dislike or disparagement" [OED]. Evil was the word the Anglo-Saxons used where we would use bad, cruel, unskillful, defective (adj.), or harm (n.), crime, misfortune, disease (n.). In Middle English, bad took the wider range of senses and evil began to focus on moral badness. Both words have good as their opposite. Evil-favored (1520s) meant "ugly." Evilchild is attested as an English surname from 13c.

The adverb is Old English yfele, originally of words or speech. Also as a noun in Old English, "what is bad; sin, wickedness; anything that causes injury, morally or physically." Especially of a malady or disease from c. 1200. The meaning "extreme moral wickedness" was one of the senses of the Old English noun, but it did not become established as the main sense of the modern word until 18c. As a noun, Middle English also had evilty. Related: Evilly. Evil eye (Latin oculus malus) was Old English eage yfel. The jocular notion of an evil twin as an excuse for regrettable deeds is by 1986, American English, from an old motif in mythology.
evil (n.): Old English yfel (see evil (adj.)).

同义词辨析

bad, evil, ill, poor, wicked

这些形容词均含"坏的"之意。

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。

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。

wicked：语气比evil强，指居心叵测，任意违反道德标准，有意作恶。

考试真题

There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world, says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

The elaborate patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.

There are also rules dealing with interpersonal relationships: Be a responsible human being and do not do evil things to others.

Money is considered to be the root of all evils.

But I suppose that's what these films are all about — good triumphing over evil.

They triumphed ultimately over evil in the battle

But the store manger laid the evil eye on us.

"There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

It is the most malicious social evil of our time.

Many social evils are caused by wrong government policies.

Hollywood's theory that machines with evil minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly.

Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences; family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity; systematic labor, for the most part, because of enslavement to others, etc.

词组搭配

the evil eye

a gaze or stare superstitiously believed to cause material harm

恶毒眼光（按照迷信的观点，这样的眼光会使人遭受实质性的伤害）

he &B{gave} me &B{the evil eye} as I walked down the corridor.
我经过走廊时他恶毒地看了我一眼。

the Evil One

(archaic)the Devil

(古)魔王

put off the evil day

(或 hour)postpone something unpleasant for as long as possible

尽量拖延不做令人不快的事

speak evil of

slander

讲…的坏话；诽谤；中伤

it is a sin to speak evil of the king.
诽谤国王是一种罪过。

实用场景例句

an evil man: 恶棍

an evil grin: 狞笑

evil deeds: 恶行

the evil effects of racism: 种族主义的恶劣影响

evil spirits: 邪灵

an evil smell: 难闻的气味

the eternal struggle between good and evil: 善与恶永不休止的斗争

the forces of evil: 邪恶势力

You cannot pretend there's no evil in the world.: 你不能睁着眼睛瞎说世界上没有罪恶。

the evils of drugs/alcohol: 毒品 / 酒的害处

social evils: 社会弊端

...those who see television as the root of all evil.: 那些将电视视为万恶之源的人

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。

...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。

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。

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。

Both men were smoking evil-smelling pipes.: 两个男人都在抽着难闻的烟斗。

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。

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。

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。

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...: 我们仍在遭受邪恶力量的攻击。