英漢辭典

1. adj. (形容詞 adjective)
   1. 壞的

   of evil repute

   惡名聲.

   an evil life

   罪惡的生活

   an evil countenance

   凶相

2. 2. 邪惡的,凶惡的

   an evil tongue

   讒言;進讒言者

   evil devices

   奸計

3. 3. 討厭的,不快的

   an evil smell [taste]

   令人作嘔的氣味.

4. 4. 引起不幸的,不吉利的,凶的

   evil news

   凶訊.

5. 5. [美‧俚] 破滅的,失望的

6. 6. [美‧俚] 發怒的

7. 7. [美‧俚] 凶暴的,惡毒的,狠心的



8. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 壞事,邪惡

   good and evil

   善惡

   Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

   【諺】 壞話勿聽,壞事勿看,讒言勿出

   evil be to him who evil thinks.

   邪念傷身.(法語為 Honi soit qui mal y pense(刻在 Garter 勳章上的銘文)).

   return good for evil

   以德報怨

   do evil

   做壞事

   the lesser of several evils

   諸害中的較輕者

9. 2. 罪惡

   War is an evil.

   戰爭就是罪惡

   the social evil

   社會罪惡,賣淫

10. 3. 災害

11. 4. 惡行,誹謗,弊病

12. 5. 惡運,不幸



13. adv. (副詞 adverb)
    1. [古] 惡劣地

    speak evil of

    說…的壞話.

    evil entreat

    【聖】 虐待 (Exod. 522)

    It went evil with him.

    他處境險惡.

柯林斯英英辭典

adj. (adjective)

1. morally wrong or bad; wicked

an evil ruler

2. causing harm or injury; harmful

an evil plan

3. marked or accompanied by misfortune; unlucky

an evil fate

4. (of temper, disposition, etc) characterized by anger or spite

5. not in high esteem; infamous

an evil reputation

6. offensive or unpleasant

an evil smell

7. [Slang] good; excellent

n. (noun)

1. the quality or an instance of being morally wrong; wickedness

the evils of war

2. [sometimes capital] a force or power that brings about wickedness or harm

evil is strong in the world

3. [Archaic] an illness or disease, esp scrofula (the king's evil)

adv. (adverb)

1. [now usually in combination] in an evil manner; badly

evil-smelling

2. [Etymology] Old English yfel, of Germanic origin; compare Old Frisian evel, Old High German ubil evil, Old Irish adbal excessive