| 单词 | rogue |
| 释义 | rogue1 /rəʊɡ $ roʊɡ/ noun [countable] 1 BAD PERSONa man or boy who behaves badly, but who you like in spite of this – often used humorously 捣蛋鬼，淘气鬼〔指男人或男孩，常为幽默用法〕 What’s the old rogue done now, I wonder? 这回那个捣蛋鬼干了些什么呀？ a lovable rogue 可爱的捣蛋鬼2. British English old-fashionedBAD PERSON a man who is dishonest and has a bad character 无赖，流氓Examples from the Corpusrogue• I uphold the law of this realm - and the law states quite clearly that vagrants are rogues and vagabonds.• And to get them, the president needs rogues.• A new breed of rogue had been born.• After this, but before the car or rogue had been traced, the rogue sold the car to an innocent purchaser.• The rogue and her octogenarian gang from the countryside have all departed.rogue2 adjective [only before noun] 1 PROBLEMnot behaving in the usual or accepted way and often causing trouble 胡作非为的，无赖的 rogue moneylenders 胡作非为的放高利贷者 Officials are concerned about rogue regimes that may have nuclear weapons. 官员们对可能拥有核武器的无赖政权感到忧心忡忡。n What happens when a spy goes rogue?2. HBAa rogue wild animal lives apart from the main group and is often dangerous 〔野兽〕离群而危险的Examples from the Corpusrogue• When I first met him, he was a female rogue character.• Despite saturating the area with herbicide, he found rogue oilseed rape plants thriving in ditches and around telephone poles.• Some are rogue states with which we may some day clash.• For one thing, intelligence does have some impact on foreign policy, for example, towards rogue states.• Rogue trader Nick Leeson lost millions of dollars for his company.Origin rogue1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from roger “beggar pretending to be a poor student” ((1500-1600)), perhaps from Latin rogare “to ask”rogue1 nounrogue2 adjectiveLDOCE OnlineChinese behaves badly, a but who like or who you Corpus man boy |
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