| 单词 | rotten apple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrotten (also bad) apple a. rotten (also bad) apple: a negative or corrupting influence on others; a troublesome or despicable person; cf. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > one who or that which demoralizer1799 rotten (also bad) apple1887 1887 G. H. Devol Forty Years Gambler on Mississippi 181 Those fellows are rotten apples. 1918 F. Riesenberg Under Sail i. 18 There's no choosing between them rotten apples aft. 1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner i. 23 Seen from this angle he looked what, in Bonaro's words he was,—‘a bad apple’. 1980 L. Kennedy Brit. Intelligence Services in Action (BNC) 157 The original ‘rotten apple’ is believed to have been a government agent. 2006 Detroit News (Nexis) 8 Feb. 1 a You are the one that's going to be stuck with the bill if you pick a bad apple. < as lemmas |
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