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

evil genius n. [compare earlier malus genius n. and its Latin etymon] (a) a malevolent spirit imagined as accompanying a person and seeking to influence him or her to do evil, and often paired with an opposed benevolent spirit; (in extended use) a person who exerts an evil influence; cf. genius n. 2, malus genius n.; (b) a person with an exceptional capacity for wrongdoing or malevolence; (also) a highly intelligent criminal or villain.

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1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 365 A tradition of two Genii, which attend every man, one good, the other evill.]

1688 A. Behn tr. B. Le B. de Fontenelle Hist. Oracles i. 5 Evil Genii [Fr. des Genies mal-faisans], and Spirits condemn'd to eternal Punishment.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i. 1689 Thou..art an evil Genius to thyself.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. vii. 127 Some evil Genius, Enemy to Mankind, must have been the first Contriver.

1809 G. Watterston Child of Feeling ii. v. 39 He haunts me like my evil genius! I can go nowhere but I see him.

1924 Rolfe (Iowa) Arrow 10 July 1/1 He is an evil genius who will tear down American institutions and ideals, rather than build them up, as he makes it appear he will.

1992 Vanity Fair June 105 [Chuck] Colson..was known around the White House as the administration's ‘evil genius’.

2002 M. Warner Fantastic Metamorph. (2004) 246 Robert..goes there, at the urging of his evil genius, to kill his brother.

2007 Independent 22 Jan. 22/1 James Bond has beaten many a dastardly foe and evil genius in his long career, but the suave British secret agent has never successfully breached the Bamboo Curtain.

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释义	> as lemmas evil genius evil genius n. [compare earlier malus genius n. and its Latin etymon] (a) a malevolent spirit imagined as accompanying a person and seeking to influence him or her to do evil, and often paired with an opposed benevolent spirit; (in extended use) a person who exerts an evil influence; cf. genius n. 2, malus genius n.; (b) a person with an exceptional capacity for wrongdoing or malevolence; (also) a highly intelligent criminal or villain. ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 365 A tradition of two Genii, which attend every man, one good, the other evill.] 1688 A. Behn tr. B. Le B. de Fontenelle Hist. Oracles i. 5 Evil Genii [Fr. des Genies mal-faisans], and Spirits condemn'd to eternal Punishment. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i. 1689 Thou..art an evil Genius to thyself. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. vii. 127 Some evil Genius, Enemy to Mankind, must have been the first Contriver. 1809 G. Watterston Child of Feeling ii. v. 39 He haunts me like my evil genius! I can go nowhere but I see him. 1924 Rolfe (Iowa) Arrow 10 July 1/1 He is an evil genius who will tear down American institutions and ideals, rather than build them up, as he makes it appear he will. 1992 Vanity Fair June 105 [Chuck] Colson..was known around the White House as the administration's ‘evil genius’. 2002 M. Warner Fantastic Metamorph. (2004) 246 Robert..goes there, at the urging of his evil genius, to kill his brother. 2007 Independent 22 Jan. 22/1 James Bond has beaten many a dastardly foe and evil genius in his long career, but the suave British secret agent has never successfully breached the Bamboo Curtain. extracted from eviladj.n.¹ < as lemmas
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