sinister
sinister 英 [ˈsɪnɪstə(r)] 美 [ˈsɪnɪstɚ]
adj. 阴险的；凶兆的；灾难性的；左边的
名词复数:sinisters
- People who are left-handed might feel unlucky having to use a desk designed for right-handers, but there probably wasn't any sinister, or evil, intent behind the design. Or was there?
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- adj. 阴险的；凶兆的；灾难性的；左边的
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1. Noah's Ark, looming in the middle of the table, now looks somewhat sinister. Two by two, two by two. It adds up.
放在桌子中央的诺亚方舟现在看来都是那么阴险的，成对地合在一起出售，加起来可是不少钱。
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2. The sinister Harrison tells Stella that her lover, Robert, is a traitor, but that she can keep him safe if she sleeps with Harrison and does not reveal what she has been told.
阴险的哈里森告诉斯特拉说她的爱人罗伯特是叛徒，而如果她和哈里森睡觉他就不会把告诉斯特拉的话传出去，这样就能保证罗伯特的安全。
- sinister (adj.) early 15c., "prompted by malice or ill-will, intending to mislead," from Old French senestre, sinistre "contrary, false; unfavorable; to the left" (14c.), from Latin sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite of dexter), of uncertain origin. Perhaps meaning properly "the slower or weaker hand" [Tucker], but Klein and Buck suggest it's a euphemism (see left (adj.)) connected with the root of Sanskrit saniyan "more useful, more advantageous." With contrastive or comparative suffix -ter, as in dexter (see dexterity).
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