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单词 rogues' gallery
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Definition of rogues' gallery in English:

rogues' gallery

noun
informal
  • 1A collection of photographs of known criminals, used by police to identify suspects.

    〈非正式〉(警方用于识别嫌疑犯的)罪犯照片集

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Starting in the mid-1850s, once daguerreotypes were widely available, police in Europe and America began creating ‘rogues' galleries’ and photo albums featuring known ‘criminals’ and ‘degenerates.’
    • A rogues' gallery already existed in Moscow by 1867, preceded only by the Danzig collection of 1864.
    1. 1.1 A collection of people or creatures notable for a certain shared quality or characteristic, typically a disreputable one.
      一批讨厌的人(或物)(尤指名声不好者)
      a rogues' gallery of bureaucrats and cold-hearted advocates of ‘progress’

      一批讨厌的官僚和冷酷无情的提倡“进步”的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He presents them as such a conniving, scheming rogues' gallery of careerist and morally dishonest operators that one wonders how anyone could ever have taken them seriously.
      • The actor gambled on playing one of the film's rogues' gallery of supporting players.
      • There is little room for depth of character in a film as formally mercurial as this, so Scott has opted for a rogues' gallery of stereotypes, with just enough quirks to be interesting.
      • Like any heroes worthy of the prefix ‘super,’ the Powerpuff Girls face a worthy rogues' gallery of villains.
      • In attacking the Revolution, Burke constructed a rogues' gallery of French politicians, and placed alongside them quite a number of French thinkers.
      • He has attracted quite a rogues' gallery of villains.
      • The book is also a political genealogy as rogues' gallery, tracing various nefarious qualities through several generations.
      • It was indeed a rogues' gallery of avoidable mistakes.
      • It always deserved a higher ranking, if only because no rogues' gallery could ever stop it from performing reasonably well its basic function of delivering the goods.
      • Whenever he is captured, he immediately surrounds himself with a rogues' gallery of goofy-looking guys, hoping to showcase how good he looks.
      • Imagine my surprise when I opened the book and found a photo of me leading the rogues' gallery of economists who allegedly belittle the role of technological change.
      • There are three superficial similarities - the Christmas setting, a rogues' gallery of characters, and the presence oft his actor - but the films are radically different in tone, intent, and storyline.
      • Although the discounter is reorganizing under the federal bankruptcy code, a photo of its CEO continues to hang in its competitor's rogues' gallery.
      • It's what Shane and his rogues' gallery of gambling mates build their doomed bookmaking business on, and it's a constant presence among the film's incidental characters.
      • Here's a rogues' gallery of the wealthiest villains - the kind of filthy rich reprobates you're not likely to see popping up in the annual rich lists.
      • The continent's leadership roll includes a sizeable rogues' gallery, including despots such as Sani Abacha and Idi Amin.
      • Video explorations of completed buildings are on display here and the office personnel is represented by a rogues' gallery of mug-shots stretching all along one wall.

Definition of rogues' gallery in US English:

rogues' gallery

noun
informal
  • 1A collection of photographs of known criminals, used by police to identify suspects.

    〈非正式〉(警方用于识别嫌疑犯的)罪犯照片集

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A rogues' gallery already existed in Moscow by 1867, preceded only by the Danzig collection of 1864.
    • Starting in the mid-1850s, once daguerreotypes were widely available, police in Europe and America began creating ‘rogues' galleries’ and photo albums featuring known ‘criminals’ and ‘degenerates.’
    1. 1.1 A collection of people or creatures notable for a certain shared quality or characteristic, typically a disreputable one.
      一批讨厌的人(或物)(尤指名声不好者)
      a rogues' gallery of bureaucrats and cold-hearted advocates of “progress.”

      一批讨厌的官僚和冷酷无情的提倡“进步”的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has attracted quite a rogues' gallery of villains.
      • He presents them as such a conniving, scheming rogues' gallery of careerist and morally dishonest operators that one wonders how anyone could ever have taken them seriously.
      • It was indeed a rogues' gallery of avoidable mistakes.
      • It always deserved a higher ranking, if only because no rogues' gallery could ever stop it from performing reasonably well its basic function of delivering the goods.
      • Imagine my surprise when I opened the book and found a photo of me leading the rogues' gallery of economists who allegedly belittle the role of technological change.
      • There is little room for depth of character in a film as formally mercurial as this, so Scott has opted for a rogues' gallery of stereotypes, with just enough quirks to be interesting.
      • The book is also a political genealogy as rogues' gallery, tracing various nefarious qualities through several generations.
      • Whenever he is captured, he immediately surrounds himself with a rogues' gallery of goofy-looking guys, hoping to showcase how good he looks.
      • Although the discounter is reorganizing under the federal bankruptcy code, a photo of its CEO continues to hang in its competitor's rogues' gallery.
      • It's what Shane and his rogues' gallery of gambling mates build their doomed bookmaking business on, and it's a constant presence among the film's incidental characters.
      • The continent's leadership roll includes a sizeable rogues' gallery, including despots such as Sani Abacha and Idi Amin.
      • The actor gambled on playing one of the film's rogues' gallery of supporting players.
      • In attacking the Revolution, Burke constructed a rogues' gallery of French politicians, and placed alongside them quite a number of French thinkers.
      • Here's a rogues' gallery of the wealthiest villains - the kind of filthy rich reprobates you're not likely to see popping up in the annual rich lists.
      • Video explorations of completed buildings are on display here and the office personnel is represented by a rogues' gallery of mug-shots stretching all along one wall.
      • Like any heroes worthy of the prefix ‘super,’ the Powerpuff Girls face a worthy rogues' gallery of villains.
      • There are three superficial similarities - the Christmas setting, a rogues' gallery of characters, and the presence oft his actor - but the films are radically different in tone, intent, and storyline.
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