| 词汇 | villain |
| 释义 | villainWord family nounvillainagevillainessvillainousnessvillainyvillainvillanadjectivevillainousadverbvillainously Arts vil·lain /ˈvɪlən/ ●○○ noun [countableC] → villein1. ABAD PERSONthe main bad character in a film, play, or story 〔电影、戏剧或小说中的〕主要反面人物，反派角色 2. the villain of the piece the person or thing that has caused all the trouble in a particular situation 首犯，主要肇事者；为害的事物 Examples from the Corpus the villain of the piece• But to do so in this way was to make her appear the villain of the piece.• But who is really the villain of the piece?• Charles the Bald remained the villain of the piece.• Nor do I regard the villains of the piece as the fighters themselves. 3. informal a bad person or criminal 坏人；罪犯 Examples from the Corpus villain• He became the best available villain for those who wished to fasten upon an individual to blame for Britain's plight.• That, of course, is to stand reality on its head, since the industrialised nations are manifestly the real environmental villains.• You've assigned me the role of heartless villain financier, obsessed with money, wealth, and luxury.• And the leading villain, of course, is the greedy oil industry, according to the conventional consumer bleat.• Aristodemus went home and found himself ostracized, a national villain until he expiated his disgrace by dying a hero at Plataea.• It searches for heroes in the knowledge that villains are thick on the ground.• "Speed 2" stars Willem Dafoe as the villain who takes over a luxury cruise ship.• At the end she asks whether in all her stories she has been, not the heroine, but the villain.• At the end of the story, the villain is caught and punished.• The villain is an investor who kills with such glee that he almost seems corny. (1300-1400) Old French vilain “peasant”, from Medieval Latin vilanus, from Latin villa; → VILLA |
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