sinister
adj. 阴险的；凶兆的；灾难性的；左边的
adj.
危险的；不吉祥的；凶兆的；险恶的
双语释义
adj.(形容词)危险的，不吉祥的，凶兆的，险恶的 dangerous; evil; ominous
英英释义
sinister[ 'sinistə ]
adj.
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
"sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"
同义词：balefulforbiddingmenacingminaciousminatoryominousthreatening
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
"the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"
同义词：blackdark
on or starting from the wearer's left
"bar sinister"
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
sinister look阴险的神情
sinister motive邪恶的动机
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He showed his sinister motive at last.
他终于露出了他那邪恶的用心。
The author's laconic prose manages to be both dexterous and sinister.
这位作者简洁的文字做到既洗练又有邪恶的暗示。
Maston was oppressed by sinister forebodings.
梅斯顿感到自己被一种不祥的预感紧紧地抓住了。
Events began to take on a more sinister aspect.
事情开始呈现较为不祥的征兆。
权威例句
How sinister is sinistrality?Sinister strategies succeed at the cricket World Cup.
A Sinister Extension of the Standard Model to SU(3)XSU(2)XSU(2)XU(1)
Sinister psychotics. Left-handedness in schizophrenia and affective disorder
Ultrasound and left-handedness: a sinister association?
Cor triatriatum sinister: assessment by live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
The Economic Consequences of Being Left-Handed: Some Sinister Results
Cor-triatriatum sinister presenting in the adult as mitral stenosis: an analysis of factors which may be relevant in late presentati...
Deliberative and Automatic Bases of Suspicion: Empirical Evidence of the Sinister Attribution Error
Genital damage, kicking and early death. The battle of the sexes takes a sinister turn in the bean weevil.
sinister
sinister: see left
sinister (adj.)
early 15c., "prompted by malice or ill-will, intending to mislead," from Old French senestre, sinistre "contrary, false; unfavorable; to the left" (14c.), from Latin sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite of dexter), of uncertain origin. Perhaps meaning properly "the slower or weaker hand" [Tucker], but Klein and Buck suggest it's a euphemism (see left (adj.)) connected with the root of Sanskrit saniyan "more useful, more advantageous." With contrastive or comparative suffix -ter, as in dexter (see dexterity). The Latin word was used in augury in the sense of "unlucky, unfavorable" (omens, especially bird flights, seen on the left hand were regarded as portending misfortune), and thus sinister acquired a sense of "harmful, unfavorable, adverse." This was from Greek influence, reflecting the early Greek practice of facing north when observing omens. In genuine Roman auspices, the augurs faced south and left was favorable. Thus sinister also retained a secondary sense in Latin of "favorable, auspicious, fortunate, lucky." Meaning "evil" is from late 15c. Used in heraldry from 1560s to indicate "left, to the left." Bend (not "bar") sinister in heraldry indicates illegitimacy and preserves the literal sense of "on or from the left side" (though in heraldry this is from the view of the bearer of the shield, not the observer of it).
1. Sinister@ actually means something evil and threatening.
你研究过sinister这个词吗？
-- 来源 -- 高中英语(高二下学期适用) 8 - Unit 6 Experiencing the Wonders Challenging Yourself
2. Have you studied the word @sinister@?
右侧用dexter，左侧用sinister。
-- 来源 -- 高中英语(高二下学期适用) 8 - Unit 6 Experiencing the Wonders Challenging Yourself
3. sinister symptoms
不祥的征候
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
4. a sinister smile.
恶意的笑容
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例
5. The English word@sinister@ comes from this word.
英语中“sinister”就是源于这一拉丁词语。
-- 来源 -- 英语晨读30分（高三） - 50 Right And Left
6. Sinister tactics
手段辣实
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语
7. the word for right is dexter and the word for left is sinister.
右侧用dexter，左侧用sinister。
-- 来源 -- 高中英语(高二下学期适用) 8 - Unit 6 Experiencing the Wonders Challenging Yourself
8. Sinister Street
不祥之街
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
9. bar sinister
盾纹上表示庶出的斜条
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例
10. ductus hepaticus sinister
肝左管
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
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