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Miscreant French N Adj Pagan Sense Miskriənt N.恶棍,歹徒

单词 miscreant
音标 ['miskriənt]
解释 n.恶棍,歹徒
红宝书 【英】 n. 恶棍,歹徒(a vicious or depraved person)
【记】 mis(坏)+crea(做)+an t→做坏事者→恶棍;
【同】 参考:creation(创造 )
字源 miscreant (adj.)
c.1300, "non-Christian, pagan, infidel;" early 15c., "heretical, unbelieving," from Old French mescreant "disbelieving" (Modern French mécréant), from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + creant, present participle of creire "believe," from Latin credere (see credo). Meaning "villainous" is from 1590s.
miscreant (n.)
late 14c., "heathen, Saracen," from miscreant (adj.) or from Old French mescreant, which also had a noun sense of "infidel, pagan, heretic." Sense of "villain" first recorded 1590 in Spenser.
不择手段背单词 n. 恶棍, 歹徒
【记】mis坏, creant = create创造-创造出来的坏人
【参】misdeed(n 罪行)
【类】miscreant: criminal = visionary: delusion堕落的罪犯 = 梦想的幻觉
【反】law-abiding individual(遵守法纪的人); saint(n 圣人)
趣味全助记 【记】mis + create 产生,创造,生错了,怎么生出这么个坏人来;做出不好事的

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