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

• A crafty knave needs no broker.
  狡猾的人不需要请教他人。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• "Once a knave, ever a knave"
  一朝失足，铸成千古恨
• Cassio. A knave teach me my duty! I'll beat the knave into a twiggen bottle.
  凯西奥一个混蛋竟敢教训起我来！我要把这混蛋打进一只瓶子里去。
• 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。
• There's no name on it, but I think the Knave wrote it.
  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。
• Choose some other occupation, rather than one in the choosing of which you do, in advance consent to be a knave.
  你还是选择别的职业为好，千万不要选择一个你事先就认为要当骗子的行业。