evil的意思|evil的解释-里氏词典

evil ['ivl.]

n. 邪恶, 不幸, 罪恶

a. 邪恶的, 不幸的, 有害的, 讨厌的

[医] [疾]病

War, famine and flood are terrible evils.
战争、饥荒和洪水都是可怕的灾祸。
His behavior showed he was an evil person.
他的行为表明他是一个邪恶的人。
The book gives, as it were, a picture of the evil old society.
这本书可谓是展现过去那个邪恶社会的图画。

evil

[ noun ]

morally objectionable behavior

<noun.act>

that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune

<noun.attribute>

the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones

the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

<noun.attribute>

attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world

[ adj ]

morally bad or wrong

<adj.all>

evil purposes

an evil influence

evil deeds

having the nature of vice

<adj.all>

having or exerting a malignant influence

<adj.all>

malevolent stars

a malefic force

Evil \E*vil\ ([=e]"v'l) a. [OE. evel, evil, ifel, uvel, AS.
yfel; akin to OFries, evel, D. euvel, OS. & OHG. ubil, G.
["u]bel, Goth. ubils, and perh. to E. over.]
1. Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a
nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous;
not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil
beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.

A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit. --Matt.
vii. 18.

2. Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt;
wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart,
words, and the like.

Ah, what a sign it is of evil life,
When death's approach is seen so terrible. --Shak.

3. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or
calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil
arrows; evil days.

Because he hath brought up an evil name upon a
virgin of Israel. --Deut. xxii.
19.

The owl shrieked at thy birth -- an evil sign.
--Shak.

Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
--Milton.

{Evil eye}, an eye which inflicts injury by some magical or
fascinating influence. It is still believed by the
ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the
supernatural power of injuring by a look.

It almost led him to believe in the evil eye. --J.
H. Newman.

{Evil speaking}, speaking ill of others; calumny;
censoriousness.

{The evil one}, the Devil; Satan.

Note: Evil is sometimes written as the first part of a
compound (with or without a hyphen). In many cases the
compounding need not be insisted on. Examples: Evil
doer or evildoer, evil speaking or evil-speaking, evil
worker, evil wishing, evil-hearted, evil-minded.

Syn: Mischieveous; pernicious; injurious; hurtful;
destructive; wicked; sinful; bad; corrupt; perverse;
wrong; vicious; calamitous.

Evil \E"vil\, adv.
In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily;
injuriously; unkindly. --Shak.

It went evil with his house. --1 Chron.
vii. 23.

The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us.
--Deut. xxvi.
6.

Evil \E"vil\ ([=e]"v'l) n.
1. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or
deprives a being of any good; anything which causes
suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury;
mischief; harm; -- opposed to {good}.

Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. --Milton.

The evil that men do lives after them. --Shak.

2. Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the
principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will
of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful
human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence;
wickedness; depravity.

The heart of the sons of men is full of evil.
--Eccl. ix. 3.

3. malady or disease; especially in the phrase {king's evil},
the scrofula. [R.] --Shak.

He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched
for the evil. --Addison.

The script, adapted from Dave Stevens's graphic novel by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, is drearily earnest, without a single original wrinkle in the timeless battle of good against evil.
Through the years, Superman's daring rescues and battles against evil have been chronicled in hundreds of newspaper funny pages, a radio serial, a TV series and movies.
The most interesting question the book asks - does goodness spawn evil? - is hardly explored.
There are strong contributions from such regular members as Andy Halliday as the evil, oversexed child; Arnie Kolodner as Gertrude's true love, Meghan Robinson as a gorgon of a mother and Julie Halston as Gertrude's best buddy.
Ronald Reagan, who by the way deplored the MAD doctrine, was correct in calling the vast system controlled by the CPSU an "evil empire."
"The citizens of this state will not tolerate this evil insensitivity," said Democratic Sen. Jesus "Chuy" Higuera in voting to convict.
He said no, and he said that within the walls of the Kremlin, next to the czar's gun, right in the heart of that "evil empire."
And Peter Hart, a Democratic pollster, says the combination of the early evidence of accurate allied bombing and the evil image of Saddam Hussein will reduce public anxiety over civilian casualties.
Benson, concluding the 158th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said that "not many years hence" Jesus Christ will return to vanquish all evil.
Politicians and industrialists who have been describing the trade deficit as an unmitigated evil should try to keep the investment factor in mind.
Whenever we use computerization to proceed from formulas and algorithms to policy and to actions affecting humans, we stand open to good and to evil on a massive scale."
"God will curse and scorch with hellfire the pale faces which harbor evil for the nation.
"It seems to be the least evil."
They were offered to the deities at temples and in home sanctuaries and were placed in graves to scare away evil spirits, pay tribute to a particular god or maybe just to keep the deceased company on his or her trip into the afterlife.
"Julie's a singer with hair as long as Crystal Gayle's," she says. "I'm an evil country-western singer with a twin sister banished to the catacombs of the Opry.
"I think it goes to legitimizing the evil done.
The hint is imparted that Irma was his evil genius, but it is a hint only, and goes undeveloped.
In a radio interview, he condemned the killing as another act by "powerful organizations" trying to impose an "empire of evil and crime." The other candidates are Alvaro Gomez Hurtado and Rodrigo Lloreda, both of the Conservative Party.
Ten years after the federal government forced a change in the stuff that makes liquid spew out of aerosol cans, some environmentalists are worrying that it was simply a matter of swapping one evil for another.
In several hundred similar anti-abortion trespassing cases, prosecutors have successfully barred the "necessity defense" on grounds abortion is legal and therefore does not pose a "significant evil" that would warrant breaking the law.
That's too late, perhaps, but there's no denying the peculiar vitality sneaking into this fog on little rats' feet when the locus of evil begins shifting.
Even colleagues were taken aback at his television denunciation of Mrs Margaret Thatcher as 'evil' on the eve of her resignation.
"The truth is that there will be new depths (of horror) again as long as this awful and evil campaign of terrorism and revenge continues," King said.
For fun, Palumbo has carved about 30 impudent gargoyles and goulish grotesques, the medieval depictions of evil spirits banished to the outer walls.
Hallie still grapples with the concept of evil after a lifetime of study.
The main preacher, Bishop Bruce Evans, described South Africa's occupation of the territory as evil, urged Christians to oppose it and called for the troops' immediate withdrawal from South-West Africa, commonly known as Namibia.
And who better than this group know that throughout history we've learned that we must stand up to evil.
"You've got people who don't consider the Soviet Union the evil empire or evil incarnate," Legere said, but recommended caution in case Gorbachev doesn't last.
"You've got people who don't consider the Soviet Union the evil empire or evil incarnate," Legere said, but recommended caution in case Gorbachev doesn't last.
Christopher Lloyd, scarcely recognizable as the evil mastermind, is an ideal villain.

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