villain
noun /ˈvɪlən/
/ˈvɪlən/
Idioms - the main bad character in a story, play, etc.
（小说、戏剧等中的）主要反面人物，反派主角，坏人 - He often plays the part of the villain.
他经常扮演反面人物。
Wordfinder- anti-hero
- baddy
- character
- goody
- hero
- love interest
- narrator
- protagonist
- trait
- villain
Topics Film and theatreb2, Literature and writingb2- He doesn't fit the standard stereotype of a movie villain.
他与电影中常见的反面人物不符。 - He has played villains in most of his films.
他在所演的大多数影片里都演反派。 - He wore a black cloak, like a pantomime villain.
他身披黑色斗篷，活似童话剧中的坏蛋。 - The Queen in ‘Snow White’ is one of film's greatest villains.
《白雪公主》中的王后是电影中最邪恶的反面人物之一。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movie
- pantomime
- screen
- …
- cast somebody as
- play
- catch
- …
- the villain of the piece
- He often plays the part of the villain.
- a person who is morally bad or responsible for causing trouble or harm
恶棍；坏蛋 - the heroes and villains of the 20th century
20 世纪的英雄豪杰与罪魁祸首 - Industrialized nations are the real environmental villains.
工业化国家是破坏环境的真正元凶。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2- He felt that the insurance companies were the real villains in all this.
他觉得保险公司是这一切恶事的真正起因。 - She seems to have cast me as the villain in her latest emotional upheaval.
她最近一次大发雷霆时，似乎认定我是恶人。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movie
- pantomime
- screen
- …
- cast somebody as
- play
- catch
- …
- the villain of the piece
- the heroes and villains of the 20th century
- (informal) a criminal
罪犯 - The police still haven't caught the villain.
警方至今还没有抓住那个歹徒。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movie
- pantomime
- screen
- …
- cast somebody as
- play
- catch
- …
- the villain of the piece
- The police still haven't caught the villain.
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘a rustic, boor’): from Old French vilein, based on Latin villa.
Idioms
the villain of the piece
- (especially humorous) the person or thing that is responsible for all the trouble in a situation
元凶；祸首；症结 - It’s hard to identify the real villain of the piece in this case.
在这种情况下，很难确定作品中真正的恶棍。
- It’s hard to identify the real villain of the piece in this case.