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单词 villainy
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Definition of villainy in English:

villainy

nounPlural villainies ˈvɪləniˈvɪləni
mass noun
  • Wicked or criminal behaviour.

    恶行;犯罪(行为)

    the villainy of professional racketeers

    职业诈骗者的犯罪行为。

    count noun minor villainies

    轻度犯罪行为。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They belong to a different era of movie villainy - the silent days.
    • The narrative requires a victim who can play the role of innocence aggrieved and a defendant who can embody pure villainy.
    • His velvety-voiced villainy sent pleasurable shivers up the spine.
    • As we keep saying, these systems will only work on people who actively want to cooperate and be rehabilitated, and aren't applicable on a wide scale to people who just want to stay out of prison while carrying on their life of villainy.
    • In Gotham City, villainy always seems the more fun option.
    • He also reads newspapers and is, therefore, aware that our fictional villainy is currently being given a factual twist.
    • Will the power of good, represented by the brash young Cheng and his elderly mentor Master Cheung, be able to overpower the pure diabolic villainy of Evil Cat?
    • The producer, in the role of the mastermind, is avarice and villainy personified, as the role demands.
    • But the very complexity of the narrative - a tale of villainy and suspense - has made it difficult to adapt.
    • He's a racing driver who lives in a junkyard and fights villainy.
    • Moore's story goes much deeper into the psychology of his characters than he did in the first adventure, fleshing out the already rather meaty Edward Hyde beyond his pantomime villainy.
    • No story can parallel the villainy and wickednesses of this man
    • Corruption and villainy takes place in every section of society and that was a crucial part of the novel.
    • The actor brings a little too much moustache-twisting villainy to Edmund, a role that already has more than its fair share.
    • Like any sea-port, Marseille has always been a tough town with its fair share of villainy.
    • Johnny Canuck would never be corrupted, and would fight to his last breath to defend our nation against evil and villainy.
    • I wonder how much of his villainy is revenge on nature and human beings.
    • On my return I found nothing but villainy and evil.
    • This is the minimum price the vandals must be made to pay for their villainy.
    • It showed supernatural power being used to combat greed, lust and villainy.
    Synonyms
    wickedness, badness, evil, evil-doing, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, vileness, baseness, wrong, wrongdoing, dishonesty, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, roguery, rascality, delinquency, disgrace, viciousness, degeneracy, depravity, dissolution, dissipation, immorality, turpitude, devilry, devilishness, heinousness
    crime, vice, criminality, lawlessness, lawbreaking, corruption, venality
    offence, misdeed, misconduct, transgression
    informal crookedness, shadiness
    Law malfeasance
    archaic knavery, deviltry

Origin

Middle English: from Old French vilenie, from vilein (see villain).

Definition of villainy in US English:

villainy

nounˈvilənēˈvɪləni
  • Wicked or criminal behavior.

    恶行;犯罪(行为)

    the villainy of professional racketeers

    职业诈骗者的犯罪行为。

    minor villainies

    轻度犯罪行为。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The actor brings a little too much moustache-twisting villainy to Edmund, a role that already has more than its fair share.
    • The producer, in the role of the mastermind, is avarice and villainy personified, as the role demands.
    • In Gotham City, villainy always seems the more fun option.
    • Like any sea-port, Marseille has always been a tough town with its fair share of villainy.
    • They belong to a different era of movie villainy - the silent days.
    • On my return I found nothing but villainy and evil.
    • It showed supernatural power being used to combat greed, lust and villainy.
    • No story can parallel the villainy and wickednesses of this man
    • Johnny Canuck would never be corrupted, and would fight to his last breath to defend our nation against evil and villainy.
    • The narrative requires a victim who can play the role of innocence aggrieved and a defendant who can embody pure villainy.
    • His velvety-voiced villainy sent pleasurable shivers up the spine.
    • Will the power of good, represented by the brash young Cheng and his elderly mentor Master Cheung, be able to overpower the pure diabolic villainy of Evil Cat?
    • I wonder how much of his villainy is revenge on nature and human beings.
    • Corruption and villainy takes place in every section of society and that was a crucial part of the novel.
    • But the very complexity of the narrative - a tale of villainy and suspense - has made it difficult to adapt.
    • He's a racing driver who lives in a junkyard and fights villainy.
    • Moore's story goes much deeper into the psychology of his characters than he did in the first adventure, fleshing out the already rather meaty Edward Hyde beyond his pantomime villainy.
    • This is the minimum price the vandals must be made to pay for their villainy.
    • As we keep saying, these systems will only work on people who actively want to cooperate and be rehabilitated, and aren't applicable on a wide scale to people who just want to stay out of prison while carrying on their life of villainy.
    • He also reads newspapers and is, therefore, aware that our fictional villainy is currently being given a factual twist.
    Synonyms
    wickedness, badness, evil, evil-doing, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, vileness, baseness, wrong, wrongdoing, dishonesty, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, roguery, rascality, delinquency, disgrace, viciousness, degeneracy, depravity, dissolution, dissipation, immorality, turpitude, devilry, devilishness, heinousness

Origin

Middle English: from Old French vilenie, from vilein (see villain).

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