rogue

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishroguerogue1 /rəʊɡ $ roʊɡ/ noun [countable] 1 BAD PERSONa man or boy who behaves badly, but who you like in spite of this – often used humorously What’s the old rogue done now, I wonder? a lovable rogue2 British English old-fashionedBAD PERSON a man who is dishonest and has a bad characterExamples from the Corpusrogue• I uphold the law of this realm - and the law states quite clearly that vagrants are rogues and vagabonds.• And to get them, the president needs rogues.• A new breed of rogue had been born.• After this, but before the car or rogue had been traced, the rogue sold the car to an innocent purchaser.• The rogue and her octogenarian gang from the countryside have all departed. roguerogue2 adjective [only before noun] 1 PROBLEMnot behaving in the usual or accepted way and often causing trouble rogue moneylenders Officials are concerned about rogue regimes that may have nuclear weapons. What happens when a spy goes rogue?2 HBAa rogue wild animal lives apart from the main group and is often dangerousExamples from the Corpusrogue• When I first met him, he was a female rogue character.• Some are rogue states with which we may some day clash.• For one thing, intelligence does have some impact on foreign policy, for example, towards rogue states.• Rogue trader Nick Leeson lost millions of dollars for his company.Origin rogue1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from roger “beggar pretending to be a poor student” ((1500-1600)), perhaps from Latin rogare “to ask”

单词	rogue
释义	rogue From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishroguerogue1 /rəʊɡ $ roʊɡ/ noun [countable] 1 BAD PERSONa man or boy who behaves badly, but who you like in spite of this – often used humorously What’s the old rogue done now, I wonder? a lovable rogue2 British English old-fashionedBAD PERSON a man who is dishonest and has a bad characterExamples from the Corpusrogue• I uphold the law of this realm - and the law states quite clearly that vagrants are rogues and vagabonds.• And to get them, the president needs rogues.• A new breed of rogue had been born.• After this, but before the car or rogue had been traced, the rogue sold the car to an innocent purchaser.• The rogue and her octogenarian gang from the countryside have all departed. roguerogue2 adjective [only before noun] 1 PROBLEMnot behaving in the usual or accepted way and often causing trouble rogue moneylenders Officials are concerned about rogue regimes that may have nuclear weapons. What happens when a spy goes rogue?2 HBAa rogue wild animal lives apart from the main group and is often dangerousExamples from the Corpusrogue• When I first met him, he was a female rogue character.• Some are rogue states with which we may some day clash.• For one thing, intelligence does have some impact on foreign policy, for example, towards rogue states.• Rogue trader Nick Leeson lost millions of dollars for his company.Origin rogue1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from roger “beggar pretending to be a poor student” ((1500-1600)), perhaps from Latin rogare “to ask”
随便看	be muffled in be muffled up in be murder be murder on be murder on something be music to your ears be my guest be naturalized be near etc the end of your rope be neither here nor there be neither one thing nor the other be nettled be nettled (by something) be nettled by be news be next etc in line to the throne be next in line be nice as pie be no consolation be no fool be no friend of be no friend of something be no great shakes be no many takers be no mean performer etc