sinister
英 [ˈsɪnɪstə(r)]
美 [ˈsɪnɪstər]
adj. 邪恶的; 险恶的; 不祥的; 有凶兆的
复数:sinisters
Collins.2 / BNC.6953 / COCA.9576
牛津词典
adj.
- 邪恶的;险恶的;不祥的;有凶兆的
seeming evil or dangerous; making you think sth bad will happen- There was something cold and sinister about him.
他给人一种冷酷阴险的感觉。 - There is another, more sinister, possibility.
还有另一种更糟糕的可能。
- There was something cold and sinister about him.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 邪恶的;有害的;不祥的
Something that issinisterseems evil or harmful.- There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing.
他身上有种邪恶的东西让她很不安。 - ...a sinister and frightening place.
一个邪恶而恐怖的地方 - ...the illegal and sinister trade in stolen cultural artefacts.
非法而且邪恶的被盗文物买卖
- There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing.
双语例句
- He showed his sinister motive at last.
他终于露出了他那邪恶的用心。 - Sinister goings-on can lurk in even the most respectable places.
即使是在最高尚的场所,也有可能潜藏着邪恶的交易。 - He actually saw that Jean valjean, that sinister face, before him.
他确实看见了冉阿让的那副凶恶面孔出现在他前面。 - His sinister look frightened them.
他那阴险的神情吓坏了他们。 - The more sinister explanation is that he is about to make mischief in the Middle East again
更为险恶的解释是,他准备再次在中东地区制造事端。 - An evil and dreadful and sinister place.
一个不祥的、可怕的、凶险的地方。 - Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.
他们的建议不仅一钱不值,而且包藏祸心。 - One fancied that one had touched the sinister ooze of unknown depths;
人似乎感到已经触到了不可知的深渊中险恶的淤泥; - Far from being sinister, pleasing people is the very foundation of civilisation and of capitalism.
取悦他人绝非阴险,而恰恰是文明和资本主义的基础。 - We sense he's up to no good, yet we never see him actually do anything sinister.
虽然我们从没有看见他做过什么阴险的事,但仍然感觉到他不怀好意。