vile
英 [vaɪl]
美 [vaɪl]
- adj. 卑鄙的；邪恶的；低廉的；肮脏的
- n. (Vile)人名；(英)瓦伊尔；(芬)维莱
助记提示
vile 邪恶的 evil 邪恶的
2. 谐音“歪哦、歪恶”----歪门邪道、又歪又恶。
3. evil => vile.
中文词源
vile 邪恶的来自拉丁语vilis,便宜的，低贱的，来自PIE*wes,买，卖，词源同venal（见利忘义的）。引申词义邪恶的，可耻的。
英文词源
- 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.).
双语例句
- 1. The weather was consistently vile.
- 天气一直很糟糕。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The weather was really vile most of the time.
- 天气大部分时间都糟糕得很。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Who could have carried out such a vile attack?
- 会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击 呢 ?
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. This cheese smells vile.
- 这奶酪的气味难闻极了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Her talk was full of vile curses.
- 她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》