vicious
vicious 英 [ˈvɪʃəs] 美 [ˈvɪʃəs]
adj. 狂暴的；残酷的；严厉的；严重的
a vicious attack 猛烈的攻击
a vicious criminal 凶残的罪犯
- Vicious is an adjective that means intentionally harmful or nasty. If you spread vicious rumors about a person, you're telling people things that will hurt her feelings or ruin her reputation. Cut it out!
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- adj. 狂暴的；残酷的；严厉的；严重的
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1. a vicious attack
猛烈的攻击
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2. a vicious criminal
凶残的罪犯
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3. She has a vicious temper.
她性情暴虐。
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4. a vicious dog
恶犬
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5. She wrote me a vicious letter.
她给我写了一封严厉的信。
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6. a vicious headache
剧烈的头痛
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7. Police were shocked by the viciousness of the assault.
警方对这一攻击的残忍感到震惊。
- vicious (adj.) late 14c., "unwholesome, impure, of the nature of vice, wicked, corrupting, pernicious, harmful;" of a text, "erroneous, corrupt," from Anglo-French vicious, Old French vicios "wicked, cunning, underhand; defective, illegal" (Modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiosus (Medieval Latin vicious) "faulty, full of faults, defective, corrupt; wicked, depraved," from vitium "fault" (see vice (n.1)).
vi·cious / ˈvɪʃəs ; NAmE ˈvɪʃəs / adjective 1 violent and cruel 狂暴的；残酷的 SYN brutal ◆ a vicious attack 猛烈的攻击 ◆ a vicious criminal 凶残的罪犯 ◆ She has a vicious temper. 她性情暴虐。 2 (of animals 动物 ) aggressive and dangerous 凶猛危险的 ◆ a vicious dog 恶犬 3 (of an attack, criticism, etc. 攻击、批评等 ) full of hatred and anger 充满仇恨的；严厉的 ◆ She wrote me a vicious letter. 她给我写了一封严厉的信。 4 ( informal) very bad or severe 恶劣的；严重的 ◆ a vicious headache 剧烈的头痛 ◆ a vicious spiral of rising prices 物价的恶性持续上涨 ▶ vi·cious·ly / ˈvɪʃəsli ; NAmE ˈvɪʃəsli / adverb vi·cious·ness / ˈvɪʃəsnəs ; NAmE ˈvɪʃəsnəs / noun [uncountable ] ◆ Police were shocked by the viciousness of the assault. 警方对这一攻击的残忍感到震惊。 vi·cious / ˈvɪʃəs ; NAmE ˈvɪʃəs / vi·cious·ly / ˈvɪʃəsli ; NAmE ˈvɪʃəsli / vi·cious·ness / ˈvɪʃəsnəs ; NAmE ˈvɪʃəsnəs /
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