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基本释义
  • a. 不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的
词形变化
  • 名 词:sin'is·ter·ness
    副 词:sin'is·ter·ly
常用短语
    1. bar sinister
      n. 〈纹章〉从左上角到右下角的对角条纹
    2. bend sinister
      n. 〈纹章〉从左上角到右下角的对角条纹 bend sinister 盾纹上表示庶出的斜条
    3. oculus sinister
      【医】 左眼
参考例句
    1. He has a bend sinister.
      他是庶出的。
    2. He was a person with sinister designs.
      他是个心术不正的人。
    3. The event was sinister to their enterprise.
      该事件对他们的企业不利。
    4. Sinister storm clouds.
      预示暴风雨降临的不祥之云
    5. The sinister and vicious robbers kidnapped the professor.
      歹毒的强盗绑架了教授。
英英解释
  •  3个形容词解释

    1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
      [同] forbidding, baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
      [例]
      • a baleful look
      • forbidding thunderclouds
      • his tone became menacing
      • ominous rumblings of discontent
      • sinister storm clouds
      • a sinister smile
      • his threatening behavior
      • ugly black clouds
      • the situation became
    2. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
      [同] dark, black, sinister
      [例]
      • black deeds
      • a black lie
      • his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
      • Darth Vader of the dark side
      • a dark purpose
      • dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
      • the scheme of some sinister intelligenc
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