| 词汇 | villainy |
| 释义 | villainy noun[ U ] uk /ˈvɪl.ə.ni/ us /ˈvɪl.ə.ni/ evil behaviour : 恶行 Little does he realise what villainy and treachery lurk in the little town.他没有意识到，在这个小城中潜藏着怎样的恶行和背叛。 His real villainy lay in his attitude to women.他真正的恶行在于他对女人的态度。 See villainous Few novelists have been more convinced of the link between gambling and villainy. He doesn't quite project the necessary icy, flamboyant villainy for the role. Many holidaymakers have found themselves in trouble, victims of naivety, stupidity, and plain villainy. Bad and wrong behaviour act out angel ASB astray at your worstidiom be up to no goodidiom go off the railsidiom go round gross misconduct hellion immoralist profligacy profligate raise hellidiom rakish rakishly unprofessionally unworthily unworthy while the cat's away, the mice will playidiom Examples of villainyvillainy Such accounts abounded in the comfort that if villainy were so transparent, then capture could hardly fail to be imminent. He found in selfhood a form of villainy which contradicted the community he saw as salvational. Furthermore, ' villainy' did not equate to dependence, since some older people were reproached for refusing to accept help, as 'acting too proud'. The emphasis on the diminutive and the innocent happiness of the child highlight the failure of innocence; "pretty little prattling innocence" succumbs to cruel villainy. In these cases, the risks that drivers face and the deaths that actually occur are due to deliberate villainy. It obscures visible marks of villainy but ultimately unleashes it. Their 'villainy' appeared to reside in not being communal beings, and in distancing themselves from reciprocity and participation. In that case, the cause would have been duplication and error, not villainy, as some of us suspect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, once they are under the control of that landlord, the rents go up and the villainy starts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who are we who have not suffered these dreadful strokes not of fortune, but of villainy, to preach forgiveness? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no monopoly of villainy, nor any monopoly of sainthood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no reason to believe that this particular villainy is worse in my constituency than in any other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That burden is brought about not through villainy and indolence but by chance and circumstance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tragedy is all the greater because the story is one in which there are no villains and almost no villainy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We most certainly do not accuse any of them of villainy or anything remotely approaching it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of villainy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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