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

• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• A crafty knave needs no broker.
  狡猾的人不需要请教他人。
• She said it to the Knave of Hearts, who only bowed and smiled in reply.
  红心武士只是用鞠躬和微笑作为回答。
• 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。
• "Once a knave, ever a knave"
  一朝失足，铸成千古恨
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。）