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rogue

noun
🔊/rəʊɡ/
🔊/rəʊɡ/
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  1. (humorous) a person who behaves badly, but despite this is quite attractive无赖；捣蛋鬼
    • He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming.他好捣蛋，但却很讨人喜欢。🔊🔊
  2. (old-fashioned) a man who is not honest or moral 骗子；恶棍；流氓synonym rascal
    • a rogues’ gallery (= a collection of pictures of criminals)案犯相片集
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th cent.).

rogue

adjective
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  1. (of an animal动物) living apart from the main group, and possibly dangerous离群的
  2. behaving in a different way from other similar people or things, often causing damage行为失常的；暴戾的
    • a rogue gene变异基因
    • a rogue police officer暴戾的警察
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    • Rogue cells may survive in the body to form a tumour.变异细胞可能在体内存活形成肿瘤。
    • The bus shelter was demolished by a rogue driver.该公共汽车候车亭被一名流氓司机拆毁。
    • There is a need to protect patients from rogue doctors.有必要保护患者免受流氓医生的侵害。
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    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th cent.).
Idioms
go rogue
  1. (informal) to suddenly start doing something unexpected, especially something dangerous, wrong or against the rules
    • Denzel Washington plays a CIA agent gone rogue.丹泽尔·华盛顿（Denzel Washington）扮演中央情报局特工的无赖。
    • One of his employees went rogue and started stealing money from the company.他的一名员工流氓，开始从公司偷钱。
    • My phone has gone rogue on me—it keeps switching itself off.我的手机无赖了-一直关机。
    • My luggage went rogue (= got lost) at the airport and didn't make it onto the plane.我的行李在机场流氓，没有装上飞机。
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