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N-UNCOUNT
惡;罪惡;邪惡
Evil is a powerful force that some people believe to exist, and which causes wicked and bad things to happen.
例句
We are still being attacked by the forces of evil...
我們仍在遭受邪惡力量的攻擊。
There's always a conflict between good and evil in his plays.
他的戲劇中總是有善惡之間的斗爭。
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N-UNCOUNT
壞事;惡行
Evil is used to refer to all the wicked and bad things that happen in the world.
例句
He could not, after all, stop all the evil in the world.
畢竟他無法阻止世界上的所有惡行。
...those who see television as the root of all evil.
那些將電視視為萬惡之源的人
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N-COUNT
禍害;災難;弊病;不幸
If you refer to an evil, you mean a very unpleasant or harmful situation or activity.
例句
Apartheid is even a greater evil...
種族隔離是更大的禍害。
Higher taxes may be a necessary evil.
提高稅收可能會很不受歡迎，但卻是必要的。
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ADJ-GRADED
（人）兇惡的，邪惡的
If you describe someone as evil, you mean that they are very wicked by nature and take pleasure in doing things that harm other people.
例句
...the country's most evil terrorists...
該國最邪惡的恐怖分子
She's an evil woman.
她是個邪惡的女人。
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ADJ-GRADED
危害社會的；道德敗壞的
If you describe something as evil, you mean that you think it causes a great deal of harm to people and is morally bad.
例句
After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil...
1760年后，很多美國人都在譴責奴隸制的社會危害。
They are setting an evil example for their children.
他們正給孩子們樹立道德敗壞的反面形象。
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ADJ-GRADED
受魔鬼影響的;惡魔的;不祥的
If you describe something as evil, you mean that you think it is influenced by the devil.
例句
I think this is an evil spirit at work...
我認為這是惡魔在作祟。
According to local folklore it is an evil place.
據當地民間傳說，那是個不祥的地方。
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ADJ-GRADED
（氣味）難聞的，令人不舒服的
You can describe a very unpleasant smell as evil.
例句
Both men were smoking evil-smelling pipes.
兩個男人都在抽著難聞的煙斗。
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PHRASE
倒霉的日子/時刻
If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
例句
You can simply go on putting off the evil day and eventually find yourself smoking as much as ever.
你當然可以想方設法擺脫，但最后你會發現自己還是像以前一樣拼命抽煙。
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PHRASE
兩害中的較輕者
If you have two choices, but think that they are both bad, you can describe the one which is less bad as the lesser of two evils, or the lesser evil .
例句
People voted for him as the lesser of two evils...
人們投票支持他只不過是兩害相權取其輕罷了。
One suspects that hydro power is still the lesser evil.
有人認為水力發電仍舊是兩害相較取其輕。