nefarious

英 [n?'fe?r??s] 美

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nefarious 罪惡的

來自拉丁語nefas,罪行，邪惡，不虔誠，ne-,無，沒有，fas,公理，正義，神權(quán)，詞源同fate.引申詞義罪惡的，邪惡的。

nefarious: nefarious: [16] Latin nefās ‘sin’ denoted etymologically something that was contrary to the divine law. It was a compound noun formed from the negative particle ne- and fās ‘divine law, dictates of religion’. From it was derived the adjective nefārius, source of English nefarious.
nefarious (adj.): c. 1600, from Latin nefarius "wicked, abominable, impious," from nefas "crime, wrong, impiety," from ne- "not" (see un-) + fas "right, lawful, divinely spoken," related to fari "to speak," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Related: Nefariously.

1. Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose?: 如果不是出于某種惡毒的目的，為什么把整村人囚禁起來？

2. My father believes you all have a nefarious purpose here.: 我父親認(rèn)為你們都有邪惡的目的.

3. He was universally feared because of his many nefarious deeds.: 因為他干了許多罪惡的勾當(dāng),所以人人都懼怕他.

4. Godalhi and Koon pooled their resources in the capture of nefarious criminals.: 在克隆人戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)前,孔曾被派往泰斯追捕海盜.