evils

英 [ˈiːvlz]

美 [ˈivəlz]

n.  邪恶; 罪恶; 恶行; 害处; 坏处; 弊端
evil的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 恶;罪恶;邪恶
  Evilis a powerful force that some people believe to exist, and which causes wicked and bad things to happen.
  1. We are still being attacked by the forces of evil...
     我们仍在遭受邪恶力量的攻击。
  2. There's always a conflict between good and evil in his plays.
     他的戏剧中总是有善恶之间的斗争。
• N-UNCOUNT 坏事;恶行
  Evilis used to refer to all the wicked and bad things that happen in the world.
  1. He could not, after all, stop all the evil in the world.
     毕竟他无法阻止世界上的所有恶行。
  2. ...those who see television as the root of all evil.
     那些将电视视为万恶之源的人
• N-COUNT 祸害;灾难;弊病;不幸
  If you refer to anevil, you mean a very unpleasant or harmful situation or activity.
  1. Apartheid is even a greater evil...
     种族隔离是更大的祸害。
  2. Higher taxes may be a necessary evil.
     提高税收可能会很不受欢迎，但却是必要的。
  3. ...a lecture on the evils of alcohol.
     有关饮酒危害的讲座
• ADJ-GRADED （人）凶恶的，邪恶的
  If you describe someone asevil, you mean that they are very wicked by nature and take pleasure in doing things that harm other people.
  1. ...the country's most evil terrorists...
     该国最邪恶的恐怖分子
  2. She's an evil woman.
     她是个邪恶的女人。
• ADJ-GRADED 危害社会的；道德败坏的
  If you describe something asevil, you mean that you think it causes a great deal of harm to people and is morally bad.
  1. After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil...
     1760年后，很多美国人都在谴责奴隶制的社会危害。
  2. They are setting an evil example for their children.
     他们正给孩子们树立道德败坏的反面形象。
• ADJ-GRADED 受魔鬼影响的;恶魔的;不祥的
  If you describe something asevil, you mean that you think it is influenced by the devil.
  1. I think this is an evil spirit at work...
     我认为这是恶魔在作祟。
  2. According to local folklore it is an evil place.
     据当地民间传说，那是个不祥的地方。
• ADJ-GRADED （气味）难闻的，令人不舒服的
  You can describe a very unpleasant smell asevil.
  1. Both men were smoking evil-smelling pipes.
     两个男人都在抽着难闻的烟斗。
• PHRASE 倒霉的日子/时刻
  If someone is putting offthe evil dayorthe evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
  1. You can simply go on putting off the evil day and eventually find yourself smoking as much as ever.
     你当然可以想方设法摆脱，但最后你会发现自己还是像以前一样拼命抽烟。
• PHRASE 两害中的较轻者
  If you have two choices, but think that they are both bad, you can describe the one which is less bad asthe lesser of two evils, orthe lesser evil.
  1. People voted for him as the lesser of two evils...
     人们投票支持他只不过是两害相权取其轻罢了。
  2. One suspects that hydro power is still the lesser evil.
     有人认为水力发电仍旧是两害相较取其轻。

双语例句

• Poverty is the root of all evils.
  贫乏是一切罪恶的根源。
• Social evils were fundamentally caused by economic inequality.
  社会的罪恶从根本上来说是由于经济上的不平等造成的。
• It seemed less to cast out the evils of humanity than to feed its blood lust.
  看来与其说是消弭了人类的罪恶，倒不如说是满足了人类的杀戮欲。
• Or "after all, we just have to compromise among evils".
  ”或者说：“我们总归还是要和邪恶妥协的呀。
• Nothing was done to save these women from the twin evils of begging or the workhouse.
  没有采取任何措施把这些妇女从乞讨或济贫院这两大相似的灾难中拯救出来。
• Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish!
  法律本身犯下了它本应该惩罚的罪孽，它已经不能用于检验犯罪了！
• They could not cure all the evils.
  他们不能消灭所有的邪恶。
• The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear.
  自己作的孽最难熬。
• Some Africans are suffering from famine, pestilence and other evils.
  有些非洲人正在承受着饥荒、疫病及其他不幸。
• You seem to think that all the evils visited on this society are caused by television.
  你好像认为这个社会的一切罪恶都是电视造成的。