nefarious

英 [nɪˈfeəriəs]

美 [nɪˈferiəs]

adj.  罪恶的; 不道德的

GRE

BNC.33515 / COCA.18942

牛津词典

adj.

• 罪恶的；不道德的
  criminal; immoral
  1. nefarious activities
     罪恶活动

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 恶毒的;不道德的
  If you describe an activity asnefarious, you mean that it is wicked and immoral.
  1. Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose?
     如果不是出于某种恶毒的目的，为什么把整村人囚禁起来？

英英释义

adj

• extremely wicked
  1. nefarious schemes
  2. a villainous plot
  3. a villainous band of thieves
  Synonym:villainous

双语例句

• Having more people even those nefarious speculators buying and selling the same thing lowers costs for everyone.
  让更多的人即便是那些罪大恶极的投机者买卖同样的东西，可以降低每个人的成本。
• There have been a host of efforts to control the proliferation of biological weapons and to regulate research that could be misused for nefarious purposes.
  为了控制生物武器的迅速增加，限制可能滥用于邪恶目的的研究，人类曾经付出过许多努力。
• The nefarious Zerg Overmind has been destroyed and the protoss homeworld of aiur now lies in smoking ruin.
  不可一世的虫族首脑终于倒下了，但是神族的艾尔家园却被夷为了废墟。
• The bomber's nefarious deed destroyed many innocent lives.
  轰炸机邪恶的行为摧毁了许多无辜的生命。
• It think that in and of itself will begin to shield from influences of Iran that are nefarious influences.
  我认为它自己应该开始抵制来自伊朗的影响，这是一种邪恶的影响。
• I hated the train stations, full of dubious men hovering vast quantities of nefarious substances up their noses.
  我讨厌这里的火车站，里面满是形迹可疑的人，个个鼻子里吸着大量的有毒的物质。
• Another backed her up, saying that had the taller men had a nefarious log she might have been swung to choose a shorter man.
  另一位女子附和说，如果高个男子有犯罪记录，她可以考虑选一位稍矮一些的男人。
• Players will be able to see the aliens interacting with their environment and themselves-eventually they'll uncover their nefarious plot, but not without the help of the other abductees.
  玩家会看到外星人和自己的同类和周围的环境做出互动，而且在玩家的推动下，最终会现出它们邪恶的本性。
• Viruses can be incorporated directly within an ad, so that simply clicking on the ad or visiting the site can infect a computer, or ads can be used to direct users to a nefarious Web site that aims to steal passwords or identities.
  由于广告可以直接内嵌病毒，因此单是点击广告或是访问网站就可以令电脑受到感染，或者通过广告引导用户进入一个意在盗取密码或ID的恶意网站。
• He is a nefarious murderer.
  他是一个穷凶极恶的杀人犯。