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

• Back in his home town of Vitebsk by1914, Chagall joined the Knave of Diamond group.
  1914年他回到家乡维捷布斯克，参加了方块杰克小组。
• Better be a fool than a knave.
  宁做傻瓜，不做无赖。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A crafty knave needs no broker.
  狡猾的人不需要请教他人。
• 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
• He was an angel on the surface, but at heart a knave.
  他表面上是个天使，实际上却是个无赖。