vile
英 [vaɪl]
美 [vaɪl]
- adj. 卑鄙的；邪惡的；低廉的；肮髒的
- n. (Vile)人名；(英)瓦伊爾；(芬)維萊
助記提示
vile 邪惡的 evil 邪惡的
2. 諧音“歪哦、歪惡”----歪門邪道、又歪又惡。
3. evil => vile.
中文詞源
vile 邪惡的來自拉丁語vilis,便宜的，低賤的，來自PIE*wes,買，賣，詞源同venal（見利忘義的）。引申詞義邪惡的，可恥的。
英文詞源
- vile
- vile: [13] The ancestral meaning of vile is ‘of low status, quality, or price, cheap, common’; its use as a general epithet of ‘horribleness’ is a secondary development. It comes via Old French vil from Latin vīlis, a word of uncertain origin. The same source has given English revile [14] and vilify [15].
=> revile, vilify - vile (adj.)
- late 13c., "morally repugnant; morally flawed, corrupt, wicked; of no value; of inferior quality; disgusting, foul, ugly; degrading, humiliating; of low estate, without worldly honor or esteem," from Anglo-French ville, Old French vil "shameful, dishonorable; low-born; cheap; ugly, hideous," from Latin vilis "cheap, worthless, base, common," of uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE root *wes- (1) "to buy, sell" (see venal). Related: Vilely; vileness; vilety (early 13c.).
雙語例句
- 1. The weather was consistently vile.
- 天氣一直很糟糕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The weather was really vile most of the time.
- 天氣大部分時間都糟糕得很。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Who could have carried out such a vile attack?
- 會是誰發起這麽卑鄙的攻擊 呢 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. This cheese smells vile.
- 這奶酪的氣味難聞極了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Her talk was full of vile curses.
- 她的話裏充滿著惡毒的咒罵.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》