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evilness

/ee-vuhl/US // ˈi vəl //UK // (ˈiːvəl) //

邪恶,邪气,恶性,恶性程度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds;an evil life.
    • : harmful; detrimental: evil laws.
    • : characterized or accompanied by misfortune or suffering; unfortunate; disastrous: to be fallen on evil days.
    • : due to actual or imputed bad conduct or character: an evil reputation.
    • : marked by anger, irritability, irascibility, etc.: He is known for his evil disposition.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct: to choose the lesser of two evils.
    • : the force in nature that governs and gives rise to wickedness and sin.
    • : the wicked or immoral part of someone or something: The evil in his nature has destroyed the good.
    • : harm; mischief; misfortune: to wish one evil.
    • : anything causing injury or harm: Tobacco is considered by some to be an evil.
    • : a harmful aspect, effect, or consequence: the evils of alcohol.
    • : a disease, as king's evil.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in an evil manner; badly; ill: It went evil with him.

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Examples

  • I’m not sure that I’m aware of any family in America that’s more evil than yours.

  • The book, which features classic horror elements — shambling corpses, an ancient evil unleashed — is either creepily satisfying or a trigger for your worst nightmare.

  • Capitalism has been condemned for many of the world’s evils, from massive income inequality to climate change.

  • Finally, we ranked the leadership qualities of each coach along an alignment chart, defining each of the nine as lawful good, lawful evil, chaotic good and chaotic evil.

  • Staying home as much as possible is a necessary evil to stop the wave of contagion.

  • But even more surprising than the evilness of these characters is their outrageous lack of subtlety.

  • At last the evilness of these thoughts was plain to me; so quickly I cast the dagger overboard, and it was gone.

  • He couldn't tell her of the dissipation he had seen in her brother's face, nor of the evilness that had been stamped there.

  • Considered in the light of his evilness, the unanimous conclusion was that he had killed Timothy Brown.

  • And they say that the evilness of money hath made all things dearer.

  • Verily there is no worm-kind nor wild beast-kind like in evilness to an evil woman.