nefarious(英語單詞)

（英語單詞）是形容詞，英式發音[nɪˈfeəriəs]，美式發音[nɪˈferiəs]，意為“邪惡的”“窮凶極惡的”或“不法的”，常用於描述嚴重違背倫理或法律的行為。柯林斯詞典將其歸類為正式用語，多修飾具有顯著負面道德屬性的名詞。

該詞內涵聚焦於極端不道德或惡意性質，常搭配“nefarious deeds”（罪惡勾當）、“nefarious purpose”（惡毒目的）等短語，多見於文學、遊戲設定及學術語料，用以刻畫非法活動或反派角色。近義詞包括wicked、villainous，反義詞為virtuous。在托福、雅思等考試中屬常考辭彙。

其詞根源於拉丁語，與“惡行”概念相關，但具體演變未明確記載。衍生形式包括副詞nefariously和名詞nefariousness，語義網路涵蓋sinister、malevolent等關聯辭彙。

基本介紹

• 外文名：nefarious
• 詞性：形容詞
• 英式發音：[nɪˈfeəriəs]
• 美式發音：[nɪˈferiəs]

單詞釋義

英 [nɪˈfeəriəs] 美 [nɪˈferiəs]

adj. 邪惡的；窮凶極惡的；不法的

單詞用法

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

nefarious /nɪˈfɛərɪəs/

1.ADJ If you describe an activity as nefarious, you mean that it is wicked and immoral. 惡毒的; 不道德的 [文學性] [usu ADJ n]

短語搭配

Nefarious Netherworld Lore 邪惡黃泉學識

Nefarious Netherworld Focus 邪惡黃泉專精

Nefarious Lich 極惡巫妖

nefarious 邪惡的

nefarious deeds activities 不法的行為

Nefarious Dumbassadors 現代搖滾樂

mobile nefarious 流竄犯

nefarious 邪惡的

雙語例句

• Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose? 如果不是出於某種惡毒的目的，為什麼把整村人囚禁起來？
• You can use this for nefarious purposes. 你可以使用這個為不法的企圖。
• Now, let me point out that it's not always nefarious. 現在，我要指出的是，這種事並不總是那么邪惡無比。
• The gifts of the earth were put only to nefarious USES. 大地的賜予全被用去造孽。
• The EU reckons that Intel's use of such rebates was nefarious. 歐盟認為，英特爾利用返點促銷用意惡毒。
• Shall we say that it is planned and deliberate for nefarious purposes. 我們會說它是為險惡的目的而計畫和盤算的。
• I've used Groovy's method Pointers for just this nefarious purpose in Listing 10. 在清單10中，我使用了Groovy的方法指針來做這件壞事。
• But the documents themselves have deepened suspicion about other nefarious nuclear activities. 但是檔案本身已經加深了對其它邪惡核活動的疑慮。
• Like nefarious screen villains, the bankers "had a simple plan: to remake America to serve them." 銀行家們像電視裡窮凶極惡的壞人一樣，“有一個簡單的計畫：重新讓美國為他們服務。”
• They couldn’t believe I’d sold out the spirit of the campaign with such a nefarious compromise. 他們無法相信我居然出賣了我們的競選精神，做出了這樣可惡的妥協。
• The Nile perch is nefarious yet applauded (in the short run). Don't be afraid to call it when you see it. 尼羅河鱸魚雖然兇猛但也頗受歡迎（短期來說）。當你遇到它時，勇敢面對吧。
• It's not that the evil scientist is just deliberately deceiving you so as to conduct his nefarious experiments. 沒有邪惡的科學家，在故意欺騙你，好進行他的邪惡實驗。
• Meanwhile, Imogen's evil stepmother tries her hand at a number of nefarious plans — but fortunately, she dies. 與此同時，伊莫金的繼母策劃了一系列惡毒的計畫來對付她，但最終，這個邪惡的繼母還是死了。
• Some are heroic, such as The Real World’s Pedro Zamora, and others are nefarious, like Survivor’s scheming Richard Hatch. 有些人是英勇的，比如“真實世界”的佩德羅·扎莫拉；而其他人則是邪惡的，比如“倖存者”中詭計多端的理察·哈奇。
• Some are heroic, such as the Real World's Pedro Zamora, and others are nefarious, like Survivor's scheming Richard Hatch. 有些人是英勇的，比如“真實世界”的佩德羅·扎莫拉；而其他人則是邪惡的，比如“倖存者”中詭計多端的理察·哈奇。
• In 2005 Mr Kim agreed in principle that he would give up his other nefarious nuclear activities and eventually his weapons too. 2005年金先生原則上同意他將放棄其它邪惡的核活動並最終也放棄他的武器。
• Atrocities like this one are an extreme example, but the fact remains that technology is increasingly put to nefarious USES. 此次暴行雖屬極端事例，但其中的事實卻是技術手段正日益被用於邪惡之途。
• If your site has enough data to justify use of an SQL database, then that data is probably valuable to someone for nefarious purposes. 如果您的站點具有足夠的數據可以說明使用SQL資料庫是適當的，那么這些數據可能也就值得其他人用於不良的目的。
• You, or in this case a personal servant called Igor, could easily parse this series of nefarious commands using Scanner, shown in Listing 8. 您，或者是本例中稱為Igor的私仆，能輕鬆使用Scanner解析這組違法命令，如清單8所示。
• But some researchers continue to put forth the theory that high-fructose corn syrup has a more nefarious effect on health than regular sugar. 但是一些研究者仍然覺得高果糖玉米糖漿對健康的危害性比普通砂糖更高。
• The important thing is to exercise caution when viewing the reports (especially ones with high values), for they can hide nefarious subtleties. 重要的事情是，在閱讀報告(特別是覆蓋率高的)時需要小心，它們也許隱含危險的信息。
• In his opening remarks, Yale Galanter, Simpson's attorney, described his client's accusers, not unjustly, as "a cast of very nefarious characters". 在辛普森律師Yale Galanter的開場白中，他將原告描述成“一幫邪惡的角色”，倒也不失偏頗。
• Villains with those nefarious aims - "black hats" -would hesitate to enter such a contest, for fear of breaking cover; there are other ways to detect them. 黑帽駭客會遲疑參加這樣的競賽，他們擔心自己被公眾認識。要發現他們有其他的方法。
• However, while you may not have fallen for this particular scam, it's only one example of how the SlideShare platform could be used for nefarious purposes such as this. 儘管你可能還沒落入這個騙局的圈套，但是這只是SlideShare這個平台可以用做非法目的一個實例之一。