Villainy
['vɪlənɪ] or ['vɪləni]
解释:
(noun.) a criminal or vicious act.
(noun.) the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior.
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解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.
(n.) Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk.
(n.) The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
卡莱尔编辑
例句:
- A long silence ensued; during which the Jew was plunged in deep thought, with his face wrinkled into an expression of villainy perfectly demoniacal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- I can force him from his position of security, I can drag him and his villainy into the face of day, by no other means. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I warn my kyind friends, then, that I am going to tell a story of harrowing villainy and complicated--but, as I trust, intensely interesting--crime. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- There has been some villainy here, said Holmes; this beauty has guessed Miss Hunter's intentions and has carried his victim off. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- There is some underhand villainy at work to frighten my sister about her approaching marriage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- All I felt safe in charging on him to-night, was old companionship in villainy between them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Villainy is the matter; baseness is the matter; deception, fraud, conspiracy, are the matter; and the name of the whole atrocious mass is--HEEP! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I never thought of such villainy! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- It seldom happens, that we do not think an enemy vicious, and can distinguish betwixt his opposition to our interest and real villainy or baseness. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- It was the variegated villainy and novelty of it that charmed us. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- But I will proclaim thy villainy, Templar, from one end of Europe to the other. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I have not yet told you the height of his villainy, said she. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- It was a masterpiece of villainy, and he carried it out like a master. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- If they'd never been taught how to write they wouldn't have been able to scribble such villainy. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- It is a sacrilege, a crime, a villainy to hold that such a marriage is binding. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
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