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villainy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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vil·lain·y /ˈvɪləni/ noun (plural villainies) [countable, uncountable] literary  SCCBAD PERSONevil or criminal behaviour 恶行;罪恶的行为
Examples from the Corpus
villainyThey are nice people: they believe that everything ought to be fair, that is to say that virtue is rewarded and villainy punished.But far above them stand the higher movers of villainy.Professional villainy now boasts an annual turnover of £14 billion.Joe was his ticket out of Notting Hill, his passport into the world of real villainy.Arthur had found proof of Aguisel's villainy and had attacked him in Bremenium.Now I suspect some villainy so when we get there, slip away.Now I saw starkly, for the first time, the villainy and the sheer horror of Frankenstein's researches.
vil·lain·y nounChineseSyllable
evil or Corpus behaviour criminal


villainy
villainy /ˈvɪləni/ noun [uncountable and countable] literary
evil or criminal behaviour


vil·lainyBrE /ˈvɪləni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvɪləni/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal or humorous) immoral or cruel behaviour 邪恶行为;罪恶