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sinister adj.邪恶的；不祥的；灾难性的；左边的 (1) 他终于露出了他那邪恶的用心。(2) 这位作者简洁的文字做到既洗练又有邪恶的暗示。(3) 梅斯顿感到自己被一种不祥的预感紧紧地抓住了。(4) 事情开始呈现较为不祥的征兆。 In the 15th century, when the word sinister came into use in English, people who were left-handed were thought to be bad luck or even evil. In his play Hamlet, Shakespeare wrote of the villain holding a human skull in his sinister — i.e., left — hand. It would seem to be sinister, or wicked, enough to see a human skull in the right hand, not to mention unlucky for the person missing a head in the first place.

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英 ['sɪnɪstə(r)] 美 ['sɪnɪstər] (1) He showed his sinister motive at last.(2) The author's laconic prose manages to be both dexterous and sinister.(3) Maston was oppressed by sinister forebodings.(4) Events began to take on a more sinister aspect. 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? 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]邪恶的；有害的；不祥的 Something that is sinister seems evil or harmful. There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing.他身上有种邪恶的东西让她很不安。...a sinister and frightening place.一个邪恶而恐怖的地方...the illegal and sinister trade in stolen cultural artefacts.非法而且邪恶的被盗文物买卖

英语单词	sinister
英美音标	英 ['sɪnɪstə(r)] 美 ['sɪnɪstər]
中文释义	adj.邪恶的；不祥的；灾难性的；左边的
英语例句	(1) He showed his sinister motive at last. (2) The author's laconic prose manages to be both dexterous and sinister. (3) Maston was oppressed by sinister forebodings. (4) Events began to take on a more sinister aspect.
中文例句	(1) 他终于露出了他那邪恶的用心。 (2) 这位作者简洁的文字做到既洗练又有邪恶的暗示。 (3) 梅斯顿感到自己被一种不祥的预感紧紧地抓住了。 (4) 事情开始呈现较为不祥的征兆。
vocabulary简明	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?
vocabulary扩展	In the 15th century, when the word sinister came into use in English, people who were left-handed were thought to be bad luck or even evil. In his play Hamlet, Shakespeare wrote of the villain holding a human skull in his sinister — i.e., left — hand. It would seem to be sinister, or wicked, enough to see a human skull in the right hand, not to mention unlucky for the person missing a head in the first place.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]邪恶的；有害的；不祥的 Something that is sinister seems evil or harmful. There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing. 他身上有种邪恶的东西让她很不安。 ...a sinister and frightening place. 一个邪恶而恐怖的地方 ...the illegal and sinister trade in stolen cultural artefacts. 非法而且邪恶的被盗文物买卖

Sinister People Left Handed Unlucky Human Skull Place 英