单词 | root evil |
释义 | > as lemmasroot evil root evil n. ΚΠ a1658 J. Durham Blessednesse of Death (1681) iii. 49 They would live eternallie here; and this is a root-evil. 1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 94/2 Pride—the rank root evil which the Fairies will weed out from the bosom of our heroine. 1918 P. A. Means Racial Factors in Democracy vii. 174 The root evil of our present political system is that righteous personalities have no chance to assert themselves. 1990 Sociolog. Anal. 51 41 The Beginner's Rabbi said, I have become convinced that the root evil of our modern society is the breakdown of the family. < as lemmas |
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