ruffian

英 [ˈrʌfiən]

美 [ˈrʌfiən]

n.  暴徒; 恶棍

复数：ruffians　

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BNC.22925 / COCA.26175

牛津词典

noun

• 暴徒；恶棍
  a violent man, especially one who commits crimes

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 流氓;恶棍;暴徒;罪犯
  Aruffianis a man who behaves violently and is involved in crime.
  1. ...gangs of ruffians who lurk about intent on troublemaking.
     潜伏在周围意图制造麻烦的匪帮

英英释义

noun

• a cruel and brutal fellow
  Synonym:bullytoughhooliganroughneckrowdyyobyoboyobbo

双语例句

• In his novels, prose and essays, he conveys a radical ruffian spirit, which, in essence, is the disengaged cultural spirit of the irreconcilability of truth and falsehood.
  他通过小说文本及散文随笔传达出一种激进的“痞子”精神，这种“痞子”精神的实质是“真实与虚假势不两立”的自由文化精神。
• A young ruffian; a hoodlum.
  小流氓；无赖。
• Kneeling beside their relatives, they would cry out: "You are not a ruffian; you did nothing; why were you killed?"
  她们跪在被害亲人的身边号哭着：“你不是坏人，又没有干坏事，为什么要杀害你呀？”
• "I'm not a ruffian, babe! I'm a social worker."
  “我不是一个流子，宝贝！我是一个社会的工人。”
• How could Melly have been so so well, there was no word for melanie's action in taking in this old ruffian and not telling her friends he was a jailbird.
  媚兰怎么会这么&这么。她不该收留这个老无赖，还不告诉朋友们他是个杀人犯。
• Between the two main themes of history and reality, the bandit hero created by Mo Yan and the ruffian hero created by Wang Shuo are the most striking. The special emphasis on the converse and the irony has been the symbol of in-hero phenomenon.
  在历史与现实两大题材中，以莫言的土匪英雄和王朔的痞子英雄最为引人注目，其逆反性、反讽性之突出，成了反英雄现象的标志。
• He struggles against the ruffian nihilism and adheres to the basic values of human beings;
  对抗痞子虚无主义，执守人类的基本价值；
• The mere thought of the ruffian made her shudder.
  她一想到那个恶棍就不寒而栗。
• She received a blow on the head from a dock ruffian and cannot remember her last name.
  她在甲板上被一个流氓打中了后脑，从而无法记起自己的姓氏了。
• If that ruffian does not mend his ways, he will come to the gallows some day.
  如果那个恶棍不改邪归正的话，他总有一天会上绞刑架的。