scoundrel

• adj. 卑鄙的
• n. 恶棍；无赖；流氓

词源不详，可能改写自苏格兰语 scunner,畏缩，逃避，等同于 shun,逃避，回避，-er,表反复。 引申词义无赖，恶棍。

scoundrel (n.)

1580s, skowndrell, of unknown origin. One suggestion is Anglo-French escoundre (Old French escondre) "to hide, hide oneself," from Vulgar Latin *excondere, from Latin condere "to hide" (see abscond). The main objection to this theory is that hundreds of years lie between the two words.

1. It was especially galling to be criticised by this scoundrel.

被这个无赖指责让人尤其气愤。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He's a scoundrel! A cad!

他是个流氓!无赖!

来自柯林斯例句

3. He is a lying scoundrel!

他是个无耻的骗子！

来自柯林斯例句

4. I gave the scoundrel a slap in the face.

我打了那坏蛋一耳光.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The scoundrel's crimes were too numerous to record.

这个歹徒罪行累累,罄竹难书.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》