miscreant

GRE

英 ['mɪskrɪənt] 美['mɪskrɪənt]

释义

adj. 异端的；邪道的；极恶的

n. 异端；恶棍；罪大恶极之人

词态变化

复数: miscreants;

近义词

中文词源

miscreant 恶棍，歹徒，不法之徒

来自古法语mescreant,信仰错误的人，不信基督的人，来自mis-,坏的，错的，-cre,信仰，信任，词源同credo,heart,credible.引申词义非基督徒，异教徒，不忠之人，后用于指恶棍，歹徒等。比较 heathen,pagan.

英文词源

miscreant: miscreant: see creed
miscreant (adj.): c. 1300, "non-Christian, pagan, infidel;" early 15c., "heretical, unbelieving," from Old French mescreant "disbelieving" (Modern French mécréant), from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + creant, present participle of creire "believe," from Latin credere (see credo). Meaning "villainous" is from 1590s.
miscreant (n.): late 14c., "heathen, Saracen," from miscreant (adj.) or from Old French mescreant, which also had a noun sense of "infidel, pagan, heretic." Sense of "villain" first recorded 1590 in Spenser.

双语例句

1. How easy it has been in this febrile atmosphere to point the finger at miscreant journalists.: 在目前这股热潮中,对那些不道德的记者指指戳戳是多么的容易.

英英释意

实用场景例句

Local people demanded that the District Magistrate apprehend the miscreants.: 当地人要求地方法官逮捕那些歹徒。

How easy it has been in this febrile atmosphere to point the finger at miscreant journalists.: 在目前这股热潮中,对那些不道德的记者指指戳戳是多么的容易.