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

单词	evil
释义	evil I. \ˈēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil\ adjective (sometimes eviler or eviller ; evilest or evillest) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, evil, from Old English yfel; akin to Old Frisian evel evil, Old Saxon uƀil, Old High German ubil, Gothic ubils evil, and perhaps to Old English ūp up; from the concept that evil is beyond the limits of accepted conduct — more at up 1. a. : not good morally : marked by bad moral qualities : violating the rules of morality : wicked, sinful < fell into evil courses > < never was a more evil attitude toward life transmitted to the young — Stephen Duggan > < an evil piece of work > b. : arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct < this tribe has acquired an evil name among its neighbors > < a man of evil fame > 2. a. archaic : unsound or inferior in quality : worthless, poor < it is hard to believe this evil tree could produce so beneficent a wine — Andrew Young > b. : causing discomfort or repulsion : uncomfortable, offensive, painful, foul < a liquid with an evil smell > < awoke with a start from a most realistic and evil dream > < the strange fruit had an evil taste > < it was an evil trip through fever-ridden jungles — S.H.Adams > < forward progress halted because of ice and evil weather — All Hands > c. : angry, disagreeable, unpleasant, wrathful, malignant < found him ailing and in an evil temper > < cast an evil glance at his opponent > < he was ever an evil companion the morning after a drinking bout > 3. a. : causing or tending to cause harm : baneful, harmful, pernicious < the reaction of the slave system upon the southern people … was wholly evil — V.L.Parrington > < people … remember sins committed secretly and wonder whether they have caused the evil sequence — John Steinbeck > < other spots … without the evil concomitants of lagoon and fever-breeding vapors — Helen T. Lowe > b. : portending harm or misfortune < messengers … coming in from all sides with evil rumors of an immediate attack — T.E.Lawrence > < they spit on the ground to avert the evil omen — J.G.Frazer > c. : wretched, miserable, unfortunate < evil weather caused a postponement > < evil luck was presaged by the flight of a bird past the window — American Guide Series: Ind. > < the fish of evil hap which … had been caught and frozen fast in the transparent ice — Llewelyn Powys > < found himself in a most evil plight > d. : marked or signalized by misfortune or calamity : unlucky, inauspicious < the school fell upon evil days > < made his friendship in an evil hour > < my days have been few and evil — Ann E. Bleecker > Synonyms: see bad II. adverb Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, evil, from Old English yfele, yfle, from yfel, adjective archaic : in an evil manner : badly III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, evil, from ivel, evel, evil, adjective 1. a. : the fact of suffering and wickedness : the totality of undesirable, harmful, wicked acts, experiences, and things < attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world > < regarding evil … as a necessary means of realizing the good — Frank Thilly > b. : a cosmic force producing evil actions or states c. (1) : wickedness, sin < don't make the mistake of thinking that you are dealing with a woman, … you happen to be dealing with evil in its most absolute form — Hamilton Basso > (2) : the wicked or undesirable element or portion of anything < the evil in that man outweighs the good > d. (1) : evil actions or deeds — used chiefly with do < lived a blameless life, doing no evil to others, showing charity to all > (2) : slanderous or malicious speech < hearing and speaking no evil > (3) : an evil person : one that embodies or personifies wickedness < it seemed impossible that the ancient evil was alive after all these years — Archie Binns > 2. a. : something that is injurious to moral or physical happiness or welfare : misfortune, calamity, disaster < if it is an evil to lose our liberty in a war, it is much worse to sacrifice it ourselves on the altar of fear — M.R.Cohen > especially : something (as a condition or practice) that has harmful effects < the narcotics evil > < the drink evil > < erosion of the soil on the slopes … is one of the great evils in this region — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington > < struggling with the alternate evils of bad seasons and bad markets — G.E.Fussell > b. : a harmful consequence : ill effect < it is only necessary to remember that the deserts of No. Africa once grew wheat to realize what evils can follow the maltreatment … of the land — Henry Beresford-Peirse > 3. : malady, disease; especially : scrofula Synonyms: ill: evil is the antithesis of good, especially in moral or moralistic considerations; it may indicate a quality, trait, condition, practice, cause, or desire < obvious evils: the beggars, the terrible poverty, the prevalence of disease, the anarchy and corruption in politics — Bertrand Russell > < war is perhaps the greatest of all human evils and follies — W.R.Inge > ill now applies mainly to anything distressing, painful, fretting, or injurious that one suffers < a pathetic lack of medical services, poor housing, poor schooling, and a hundred other ills flowing from the same source of poverty — A.E.Stevenson b. 1900 > < the diversification of crops long advocated by agricultural economists as a cure for the ills of the cotton belt — American Guide Series: Arkansas > IV. noun (-s) Etymology: probably from Old English geafol, gafol fork — more at gaffle dialect England : pitchfork
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