villain
英 ['vɪlən]
美['vɪlən]
- n. 坏人，恶棍；戏剧、小说中的反派角色；顽童；罪犯
- n. (Villain)人名；(法)维兰
词态变化
复数: villains;
助记提示
1. 拉丁语 villa 'country house' => villain.
2. villa 原指“农庄住宅、庄园”，而 villain 则指为 villa 的主人工作的“农奴、农民”，后来贵族由于阶级优越感以及他们对农民的阶级偏见，往往把意指农民、乡下人的词语同“愚昧、粗野、邪恶”等概念相联系，由此含义出现了贬降。
3. 同源词：villa, villain, village.
2. villa 原指“农庄住宅、庄园”，而 villain 则指为 villa 的主人工作的“农奴、农民”，后来贵族由于阶级优越感以及他们对农民的阶级偏见，往往把意指农民、乡下人的词语同“愚昧、粗野、邪恶”等概念相联系，由此含义出现了贬降。
3. 同源词：villa, villain, village.
中文词源
villain 恶棍
来自villa,村庄，农场。其原义为村民，词义贬义化为恶棍，无赖。
英英释意
- 1. a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
- 2. the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction
英文词源
- villain (n.)
- c. 1300 (late 12c. as a surname), "base or low-born rustic," from Anglo-French and Old French vilain "peasant, farmer, commoner, churl, yokel" (12c.), from Medieval Latin villanus "farmhand," from Latin villa "country house, farm" (see villa).
The most important phases of the sense development of this word may be summed up as follows: 'inhabitant of a farm; peasant; churl, boor; clown; miser; knave, scoundrel.' Today both Fr. vilain and Eng. villain are used only in a pejorative sense. [Klein]
Meaning "character in a novel, play, etc. whose evil motives or actions help drive the plot" is from 1822.
实用场景例句
- He often plays the part of the villain.
- 他经常扮演反面人物。
牛津词典
- the heroes and villains of the 20th century
- 20世纪的英雄豪杰与罪魁祸首
牛津词典
- Industrialized nations are the real environmental villains.
- 工业化国家是破坏环境的真正元凶。
牛津词典
- If Mr Denny is indeed the villain of the piece, as the police claim he is, he should have been more carefully watched.
- 如果丹尼先生真像警察说的那样是犯罪元凶，就应该对其进行更加严密的监视。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He is a black villain.
- 他是一个无可救药的恶棍.
《简明英汉词典》
- He must have been a villain too.
- 那他一定也是一位反面角色吧.
期刊摘选
- The villagers avoided him because of his association with the villain and viper.
- 因为他与坏蛋和奸诈者有交往,村民们都避讳他.
期刊摘选
- Either way, son, I don't want Katie to see me as the villain any longer.
- 不管怎样, 孩子, 我都不想让凯蒂再继续把我当做一个恶棍来对待了.
期刊摘选
- At the climax Peck trains a gun on the villain.
- 在影片的高潮,派克把枪口对准了这个恶棍.
期刊摘选
- He was framed by a villain and died with false charges.
- 他被小人构陷,含冤而死.
期刊摘选
- The villain of the novel is polished off in the last chapter but one.
- 小说中的那个坏蛋在书中倒数第二章被干掉了.
《简明英汉词典》
- The villain in this movie has supernatural powers.
- 这部电影的反派角色有着超能力.
期刊摘选
- Typical behaviors of a villain are judging, accusing, rationalizing, hurting, destroying and dominating.
- 典型的恶人行为是判断 、 谴责 、 合理化 、 伤害 、 破坏和支配.
期刊摘选
- He is a villain, but he has some virtues.
- 他是个坏蛋, 但他还有一些优点.
期刊摘选
- He is a villain of the deepest dye.
- 他是个穷凶极恶的恶棍.
《简明英汉词典》
- Any investigation of this type, which is a political exercise, requires a showcase villain.
- 这类调查是一种政治仪式, 每次都得有拉出来示众的反面角色.
辞典例句
- He will never become a disagreeable neighbour or a remarkable villain.
- 他决不会变作一个讨厌的邻居或一个闻名的强盗.
辞典例句
- His first instinct on catching a villain is hand him over to the nearest police chief.
- 他在抓住坏蛋之后的第一个反应就是把此人交给最近的警长.
期刊摘选
- Fawkes the phoenix got his name from the villain of this story.
- 凤凰福克斯的名字由这个故事里的坏人而来.
期刊摘选
- The actor who played the villain acted very well.
- 扮演恶棍的那个男演员表演得很好.
期刊摘选
- A villain or tortured genius would have been easier to describe.
- 人们可以很容易描述出一个恶棍或者受尽折磨的天才.
期刊摘选
- Get off my bike, you little villain!
- 别动我的自行车, 你这个小淘气!
辞典例句
- At the end of the film, the hero beat the living daylights out of the villain.
- 影片在接近尾声时, 主人公把坏蛋狠揍了一顿.
《简明英汉词典》
- For decades, researchers have been trying to that cholesterol is a villain in this epidemic.
- 几十年来, 研究者们试图证明胆固醇就是这种流行病的始作俑者.
期刊摘选
- He was cast as the villain.
- 他饰演那个反面人物.
《简明英汉词典》
- He was financially involved with a villain.
- 他在经济上与一个恶棍混在了一起.
《简明英汉词典》
- WHEN the subject is global warming, the villain is usually America.
- 当讨论到全球变暖这个话题时, 美国往往成了罪魁祸首.
期刊摘选
- The villain made no scruple of committing murder.
- 那恶棍杀人不眨眼.
《简明英汉词典》
- My first part was Captain O'Hagarty, a dastardly villain in a children's play.
- 我演的第一个角色是奥哈格蒂船长，一部儿童剧中的恶棍。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- He often plays the part of the villain.
- 他经常扮演反面人物。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》