rogue

noun

/rəʊɡ/

(humorous) a person who behaves badly, but despite this is quite attractive淘气鬼；捣蛋鬼
- He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming.他好捣蛋，但却很讨人喜欢。
(old-fashioned) a man who is not honest or moral骗子；恶棍；流氓 synonym rascal
- a rogues’ gallery (= a collection of pictures of criminals)案犯相片集
Topics Personal qualitiesc1

Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th cent.).

rogue

adjective

/rəʊɡ/

[only before noun]Idioms

(of an animal) living apart from the main group, and possibly dangerous离群的
behaving in a different way from other similar people or things, often causing damage行为失常的；暴戾的
- a rogue gene变异基因
- a rogue police officer暴戾的警察
Extra Examples
- Rogue cells may survive in the body to form a tumour.变异细胞可能在体内存活形成肿瘤。
- The bus shelter was demolished by a rogue driver.公交车候车亭被一名流氓司机拆毁。
- There is a need to protect patients from rogue doctors.有必要保护患者免受流氓医生的侵害。
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Idioms

go rogue

(informal) to suddenly start doing something unexpected, especially something dangerous, wrong or against the rules离经叛道；不受管控
- Denzel Washington plays a CIA agent gone rogue.丹泽尔·华盛顿扮演一名特立独行的中情局特工。
- One of his employees went rogue and started stealing money from the company.他的一名员工变得流氓并开始从公司偷钱。
- My phone has gone rogue on me—it keeps switching itself off.我的手机失控了——它老是自动关机。
- My luggage went rogue (= got lost) at the airport and didn't make it onto the plane.我的行李在机场失窃（=丢失），没有带上飞机。

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单词	rogue
释义	rogue noun /rəʊɡ/ /rəʊɡ/ (humorous) a person who behaves badly, but despite this is quite attractive淘气鬼；捣蛋鬼 He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming.他好捣蛋，但却很讨人喜欢。 (old-fashioned) a man who is not honest or moral骗子；恶棍；流氓 synonym rascal a rogues’ gallery (= a collection of pictures of criminals)案犯相片集 Topics Personal qualitiesc1 Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th cent.). rogue adjective /rəʊɡ/ /rəʊɡ/ [only before noun]Idioms (of an animal) living apart from the main group, and possibly dangerous离群的 behaving in a different way from other similar people or things, often causing damage行为失常的；暴戾的 a rogue gene变异基因 a rogue police officer暴戾的警察 Extra Examples Rogue cells may survive in the body to form a tumour.变异细胞可能在体内存活形成肿瘤。 The bus shelter was demolished by a rogue driver.公交车候车亭被一名流氓司机拆毁。 There is a need to protect patients from rogue doctors.有必要保护患者免受流氓医生的侵害。 More Like This Adjectives that only come before a nounAdjectives that only come before a noun all-round antenatal aspiring chief dedicated eventual express high-flying live lone mere mitigating rogue sheer standout ulterior utter Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th cent.). Idioms go rogue (informal) to suddenly start doing something unexpected, especially something dangerous, wrong or against the rules离经叛道；不受管控 Denzel Washington plays a CIA agent gone rogue.丹泽尔·华盛顿扮演一名特立独行的中情局特工。 One of his employees went rogue and started stealing money from the company.他的一名员工变得流氓并开始从公司偷钱。 My phone has gone rogue on me—it keeps switching itself off.我的手机失控了——它老是自动关机。 My luggage went rogue (= got lost) at the airport and didn't make it onto the plane.我的行李在机场失窃（=丢失），没有带上飞机。 More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters gnarled gnash gnat gnaw gnome haute cuisine heir herb honour hors d’oeuvre hour knack knee kneel knife knight knit knob knock knot know knuckle psalm psephology psychic ptarmigan pterodactyl psychology wrangle wrap wreath wreck wrench wrestle wriggle wring write wrong bomb climb crumb doubt lamb limb ascent fascinate muscle scene scissors height right sleigh weight align campaign design foreign malign reign unfeigned balmy calm calf half yolk autumn column condemn damn hymn solemn bristle fasten listen mortgage soften thistle wrestle biscuit build circuit disguise guilty league rogue vague yacht answer sword two
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