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- profoundly immoral and malevolent邪恶的, 坏的：
his evil deeds
他的恶行
no man is so evil as to be beyond redemption.
没有人坏得无可救药。
1.1
- (of a force or spirit) embodying or associated with the forces of the devil（势力, 鬼怪）代表邪恶势力的; 与邪恶势力有关的：
we have been driven out of the house by this evil spirit.
我们被这个恶鬼从屋子里赶了出来。
1.2
- harmful or tending to harm有害的; 易造成伤害的：
the evil effects of high taxes.
高税收的负面效应。
1.3
- (of something seen or smelt) extremely unpleasant（看见或闻到的东西）使人极不舒服的; 讨厌的：
a bathroom with an ineradicably evil smell.
有一股难以去除的怪味的浴室。
mass noun
1- profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity, especially when regarded as a supernatural force邪恶; 罪恶; 堕落：
the world is stalked by relentless evil
这个世界充满着无情的罪恶
good and evil in eternal opposition.
永远对立的善与恶。
1.1
- count noun a manifestation of this, especially in people's actions坏事; 恶行：
the evil that took place last Thursday.
上个星期四发生的丑恶行径。
1.2
- count noun something which is harmful or undesirable有害（或不受欢迎）的事：
sexism, racism, and all other unpleasant social evils.
性别歧视、种族歧视以及其他社会丑恶现象。
短语
the evil eye
- a gaze or stare superstitiously believed to cause material harm恶毒眼光（迷信认为会招致伤害）：
he gave me the evil eye as I walked down the corridor.
我经过走廊时他恶毒地看了我一眼。
the Evil One
- archaic the Devil〈古〉魔王。
put off the evil day（或hour）
- postpone something unpleasant for as long as possible尽量推迟令人不快的事的到来。
speak evil of
- slander讲…的坏话; 诽谤; 中伤：
it is a sin to speak evil of the king.
诽谤国王是一种罪过。
派生词
evilly
adverbevilness
noun词源
Old English yfel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch euvel and German übel.