leper
noun /ˈlepə(r)/
/ˈlepər/
- a person suffering from leprosy
麻风病患者 - a person that other people avoid because they have done something that these people do not approve of
(因其所为而)被大家躲避的人;别人避之唯恐不及的人 - His outspoken views have made him a social leper.
他直言不讳的观点使他成了社会上的麻风病人。
- His outspoken views have made him a social leper.
词源late Middle English: probably from an attributive use of leper ‘leprosy’, from Old French lepre, via Latin from Greek lepra, feminine of lepros ‘scaly’, from lepos, lepis ‘scale’.