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evil、wicked、vicious、nasty、
malevolent、malicious
佳中
这组词都含有“罪恶的”、“邪恶的”、“恶意的”意思。
evil 普通用词，看表示“坏的”、“不良的”、但语气比bad、 ill 强。 多用于
指道德方面邪恶不良，思想方面有恶念，也可用作名词。
1）When good folks meet, evil men keep their distance.
好人相逢，恶人远离。
2）His friendly behaviour was a cloak for his evil intentions.
他的友好行为不过是他险恶用心的伪装。
3）The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.
重伤可治，恶名难去。
4）We must do good rather than evil, on however humbe a scale.
勿因善小而不为，勿因恶小而为之。
5）The good prevails over the evil.
善良将战胜邪
6）Money is the root of the evil.
金钱是万恶之源。
wicked “坏的” 、“邪恶的” “恶意的、， 语气比evil强，指居心叵测，任意
违反道德标准，有意作恶。该词还可以表示性情“凶恶的”，天气“恶劣的”等
意思。
1）“The old peddler woman was really the wicked queen,” said the dwarfs to
Snow White.
小矮人们对白雪公主说：“那叫卖的老太婆其实就是那邪恶的皇后。”
2）She is a wicked stepmother, who always treats the two children cruelly.
她是一个邪恶的继母,她总对两个孩子残忍。
3）It was very wicked of you to have done such a dishonest thing.
你做这种不正当的事真缺德。
4）From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked.
从头到尾他的行为既卑鄙又可恶。
5）It'seemed unthinkable that he should have done such a wicked thing.
他竟干出这样的邪恶的事，真令人难以置信。
vicious 这个词总是与恶“恶”有关，可表示“恶意的”，“恶毒的”、“邪恶的”、
“恶性的”、“险恶的”“可恶的”、“凶恶的”等意思。
1）The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious competition
where success and failures are clearly defined and measured.
孩子开始上学的那一刻,他就进入了一个以成败论英雄的恶性竞争世界。
2）Jone said that opponents of the reform have mounted a vicious campaign
against him.
琼斯说改革反对者发动了一场针对他的邪恶的斗争。
3）He gave the dog a vicious blow with his stick.
他用手杖恶狠狠地打了那条狗一顿。
4）It never occurred to me that he would ran you down with such vicious remarks。
我从没有想到他会用这么恶毒的话诽谤你。
5）He is a wolf in sheep's clothing, outwardly kind but inwardly vicious.
他是个披着羊皮的狼，外貌仁慈，内心狠毒。
nasty 基本意思是“令人厌恶的”、“恶心的”、“肮脏的”，也可表示“恶意的”、
“恶性的”、“险恶的”。
1）He screwed up his face at the nasty smell.
闻到这令人作呕的气味，他皱眉蹙额。
2）I've never seen anyone as nasty as you.
我没见过像你这样令人厌恶的人。
3）No sane man would go swimming in this nasty weather.
神志正常的人谁也不会冒着如此恶劣的天气去游泳
4）Most of the criticisms are friendly but some of them are nasty.
大多数的批评都是友好的,但有些批评是带有恶意的。
5）I heard that the firm is on the verge of bankruptcy, which I hope is just a nasty
rumor.
我听说公司濒临破产边缘,希望只是一个恶意的谣言。
malevolent “有恶意的”、“恶毒的”、“坏心肠的”，侧重指带有“恶意的”、
“存心不良的”。
1）The computers of our agency are often attacked by some viruses and
malicious software.
我们办事处的电脑经常遭到一些病毒和恶意软件攻击。
2）Failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
失败使他对那些成功的人充满了恶意。
3）I can see why they were so malevolent to me?
我项不明白他们为什么对我如此恶毒？
4）We will try every means to thwart their malevolent schemes.
我们会尽一切能力，决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
5）Victims no longer perceive themselves as safe and secure even in a benign
environment, because they have experienced a malevolent world.
即使在良好的环境下，受害者总觉得自己不再安全,因为他们经历了一个恶意的
世界。
malicious 多指语言或行为上带有恶意的，使用范围比 malevolent 窄。
1）That might merely have been malicious gossip.
那也许仅仅是些不怀好意的流言蜚语罢了。
2）You ought to kick back at such malicious slander.
你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
3）One cannot inure oneself altogether to such malicious criticism.
谁也不能总是忍受这种恶意批评。
4）He was held on remand, charged with causing malicious damage to property.
他因恶意破坏财产而被关押候审。
5）You should never take malicious delight in the misfortune of others.
你决不把自己的快乐建立在别人的痛苦不幸之上。
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