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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• You take me for a fool as well as a knave.
  你不但把我看作无赖，还把我看作傻瓜。
• The Knave's face was sad. "Do I look like a swimmer?" he said. ( And he didn't& because he was made of paper.)
  红桃杰克脸上很悲伤。“我看起来像会游泳的吗？”他说。（他当然不会&他是纸做的。）