villain

英 ['vɪlən] 美 ['vɪlən]

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※ 提供单词"villain"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

villain 恶棍

来自villa,村庄，农场。其原义为村民，词义贬义化为恶棍，无赖。

villain (n.): c. 1300 (late 12c. as a surname), "base or low-born rustic," from Anglo-French and Old French vilain "peasant, farmer, commoner, churl, yokel" (12c.), from Medieval Latin villanus "farmhand," from Latin villa "country house, farm" (see villa).
The most important phases of the sense development of this word may be summed up as follows: 'inhabitant of a farm; peasant; churl, boor; clown; miser; knave, scoundrel.' Today both Fr. vilain and Eng. villain are used only in a pejorative sense. [Klein]
Meaning "character in a novel, play, etc. whose evil motives or actions help drive the plot" is from 1822.

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1. Frank ran dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.: 弗兰克为当地一个臭名远扬的恶棍跑腿，干些骗人勾当。

2. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.: 弗兰克开始为当地一个下流的恶人跑腿做坏事。

3. My first part was Captain O'Hagarty, a dastardly villain in a children's play.: 我演的第一个角色是奥哈格蒂船长，一部儿童剧中的恶棍。