英语词汇“vile”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	vile
释义	vile I. \ˈvīl, esp before pause or consonant -īəl\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English vil, vile, from Old French vil, from Latin vilis cheap, base, vile; perhaps akin to Latin venus, venum sale — more at venal 1. : of small worth or account < the sea, wherein he counts not one inch of vile dominion — Robert Browning > : of inferior quality or state : common < Savior … shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body — Phil 3:21 (Authorized Version) > : mean < wrapped in a vile disguise — P.B.Shelley > 2. a. : morally despicable or abhorrent < instills vile suspicions into her confiding soul — Karl Polanyi > < the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues — T.B.Macaulay > b. : physically repulsive (as from filth or corruption) : foul < the plagues that came from the vile unsanitary quarters of the industrial city — Lewis Mumford > 3. : tending to degrade a person : humiliating, ignominious < a slave, in the vilest of all positions — F.W.Farrar > 4. a. : disgustingly bad or inferior : highly objectionable < in a vile temper > : contemptible < the vile habit of thinking that the latest is always the best — M.R.Cohen > < a vile climate > < vile handwriting > < writes vile verse > b. : great, extreme — used intensively with nouns denoting a bad quality or state < protecting her against the vilest evil Europe has yet produced — Beverley Nichols > Synonyms: see base II. adverb Etymology: Middle English vil, vile, from vil, vile, adjective : vilely — used chiefly in combination < vile-born >
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