| 单词 | evil |
| 释义 | evil (once / 53 pages) adjn Evil is the opposite of good. We usually think of villains as evil — wrong, immoral and nasty on many levels — and heroes as good. This word is often reserved for our most terrible crimes and criminals: Adolf Hitler is usually the face of evil in history, while Voldemort is that face in recent literature. Evil can be less extreme, meaning simply anything that brings harm; we can talk about the evils of alcohol or the evils of power. When both major candidates for President seem lame, people often say they're choosing between the lesser of two evils. Not all evils are equally evil. WORD FAMILYevil: eviler, evilest, evilly, evilness, evils USAGE EXAMPLES“Nothing in the nature around us is evil,” he wrote. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) These include such evils as copyright infringement, cybercrime, the invasion of privacy, hate speech, espionage—and perhaps cyberwar. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) We grew up hoping that good prevails over evil. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj morally bad or wrong evil purposes an evil influence evil deeds Syn|Ant bad having undesirable or negative qualities atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrousshockingly brutal or cruel badcharacterized by wickedness or immorality black, dark, sinisterstemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable corruptive, perversive, pestiferoustending to corrupt or pervert demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholyextremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretchedmorally reprehensible devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelianshowing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil evil-mindedhaving evil thoughts or intentions immoraldeliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong offensiveunpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses wrongcontrary to conscience or morality or law unrighteousnot righteous wickedmorally bad in principle or practice good morally admirable goodhaving desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintlymarked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint goody-goodyaffectedly or smugly good or self-righteous redeeming, redemptive, savingbringing about salvation or redemption from sin whitebenevolent; without malicious intent moralconcerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles rightin conformance with justice or law or morality righteouscharacterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice virtuousmorally excellent worthyhaving worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable 2adj having or exerting a malignant influence Syn malefic, malevolent, malign maleficent harmful or evil in intent or effect 3adj having the nature of vice Syn vicious wicked morally bad in principle or practice 4n morally objectionable behavior Syn|Hypo|Hyper immorality, iniquity, wickedness devilry, deviltry wicked and cruel behavior foul playunfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence) irreverence, violationa disrespectful act sexual immoralitythe evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions blasphemy, desecration, profanation, sacrilegeblasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character evildoing, transgression the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle 5n the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper evilness good, goodness moral excellence or admirableness malevolence, malevolency, malice the quality of threatening evil malignance, malignancy, malignityquality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will balefulness, maleficence, mischiefthe quality or nature of being harmful or evil worstthe greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable nefariousness, ugliness, vileness, wickednessthe quality of being wicked reprehensibilitybeing reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproof villainousness, villainythe quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior perverseness, perversitydeliberately deviating from what is good error, wrongdoingdeparture from what is ethically acceptable frailty, vicemoral weakness bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulnessmalevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty cruelness, cruelty, harshnessthe quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance beastliness, meannessthe quality of being deliberately mean filthinessmoral corruption or pollution enormitythe quality of extreme wickedness immorality the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct 6n that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune the evil that men do lives after them Hypo|Hyper Four Horsemen (New Testament) the four evils that will come at the end of the world: conquest rides a white horse; war a red horse; famine a black horse; plague a pale horse bad, badness that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
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