nefarious

adjective
🔊/nɪˈfeəriəs/
🔊/nɪˈferiəs/
(formal)
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  1. criminal; extremely bad罪恶的;不道德的
    • nefarious activities罪恶活动
    • They can hack your account and use the information for nefarious purposes.他们可以入侵您的帐户,并将这些信息用于恶意目的。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryNefarious is used with these nouns:
    • scheme
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin nefarius, from nefas, nefar- ‘wrong’ (from ne- ‘not’ + fas ‘divine law’) + -ous.