scoundrel

• adj. 卑鄙的
• n. 惡棍；無賴；流氓

詞源不詳，可能改寫自蘇格蘭語 scunner,畏縮，逃避，等同於 shun,逃避，回避，-er,表反複。 引申詞義無賴，惡棍。

scoundrel (n.)

1580s, skowndrell, of unknown origin. One suggestion is Anglo-French escoundre (Old French escondre) "to hide, hide oneself," from Vulgar Latin *excondere, from Latin condere "to hide" (see abscond). The main objection to this theory is that hundreds of years lie between the two words.

1. It was especially galling to be criticised by this scoundrel.

被這個無賴指責讓人尤其氣憤。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He's a scoundrel! A cad!

他是個流氓!無賴!

來自柯林斯例句

3. He is a lying scoundrel!

他是個無恥的騙子！

來自柯林斯例句

4. I gave the scoundrel a slap in the face.

我打了那壞蛋一耳光.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The scoundrel's crimes were too numerous to record.

這個歹徒罪行累累,罄竹難書.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》