knave

英 [neɪv]

美 [neɪv]

n.  不诚实的男人(或男孩); 无赖; 恶棍

复数：knaves　

GRE法律

BNC.23768 / COCA.29367

牛津词典

noun

noun

• 不诚实的男人（或男孩）；无赖；恶棍
  a dishonest man or boy

柯林斯词典

• 不诚实的人；无赖；恶棍
  If someone calls a man aknave, they mean that he is dishonest and should not be trusted.
• （纸牌游戏中jack的另一种说法）
  In card games,knaveis another word forjack.

in AM, use 美国英语用 jack

英英释义

noun

• one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
  Synonym:jack
• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  Synonym:roguerascalrapscallionscalawagscallywagvarlet

双语例句

• Reports are often false, and always false when made by a knave to cloak his knavery.& Abraham Lincoln
  报告常常是虚假的，而由一个恶棍为掩饰自己的恶行而作的报告，则永远是虚假的。&林肯
• If he was a knave, he was caught.
  如果他真是小偷，那他现在已经是被逮住了。
• Describe the weaknesses of your approach and how you would compromise privacy in your system if you were a medical knave.
  如果你是一个医学上的高手，请在你的系统中阐述你的方法的弱点和你是如何揭开秘密的。
• 'Your Majesty!'said the White Rabbit, jumping up in a great hurry.'We've just found this letter. There's no name on it, but I think the Knave wrote it.'
  陛下！白兔马上跳了起来。我们刚刚找到这封信。上面没有名字，我想是红桃杰克写的。
• The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasure, the knave takes pleasure, and then suffers pains.
  正直的人先经历痛苦，然后享受欢乐；无赖先享受欢乐，然后经历痛苦。
• Played the hero and the knave;
  扮演着英雄，也扮演着流氓；
• The knave/ rogues who set fire to the barn have been caught and sent to prison.
  那些防火焚烧谷仓的流氓被抓了并且被送进了监狱。
• Qing give some interference for this situation, on the one hand, it give publicity all kind of discount, on the other hand, limiting knave inside shanhaiguan to reclaim land. The result is more serious livelihoods publicity.
  对此清廷一方面给予旗人各种优惠待遇，另一方面限制关内流民开垦土地，结果是旗人生计问题更为严重。
• We both of us happen'd to know, as well as the stationer, that Riddlesden, the attorney, was a very knave.
  我们两人，像那个文具商人一样，碰巧知道这个律师李德斯田是一个彻头彻尾的无赖。
• We set him down as either a knave or a fool.
  我们认为他是个无赖要不然就是蠢蛋。