evil-doer
evil-doer — 名詞
1. someone who commits cruel or harmful acts, especially deliberately and repeatedl
惡人
刻意做出殘忍或有害行為的人
someone who commits cruel or harmful acts, especially deliberately and repeatedly
Sahil refused to believe that his uncle was an evil-doer.
Sahil 拒絕相信他的叔叔是個惡人。
The villagers finally drove the evil-doer out of their town.
村民們最終將惡人趕出了他們的城鎮。
driven out of [place] — common narrative collocation
In the old stories, every evil-doer meets a terrible end.
在古老的故事裡,每個惡人都會遭遇悲慘的結局。
Noa reported the evil-doer to the police right away.
Noa 立刻向警方舉報了那個惡人。
The judge described Tamás as a cruel evil-doer in court.
法官在法庭上形容 Tamás 是個殘忍的惡人。
- villain
more common in everyday speech; often used for fictional characters
- wrongdoer
broader and milder — covers minor rule-breaking, not only serious evil
- criminal
strictly legal — someone who has broken the law, without moral judgment
- malefactor
very formal and rare; found mostly in legal or old literary texts
用法筆記
A somewhat old-fashioned or literary word; in everyday speech, people more often say 'villain' or 'criminal.'