miscreants

英 [ˈmɪskrɪənts]

美 [ˈmɪskriənts]

n.  缺德的人; 不法之徒
miscreant的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 不法之徒;恶棍;歹徒
  Amiscreantis someone who has done something illegal or behaved badly.
  1. Local people demanded that the District Magistrate apprehend the miscreants.
     当地人要求地方法官逮捕那些歹徒。

双语例句

• She had reported to us that she was tired of the smell of piss of the miscreants whose taste is to avoid the adjacent public toilets, wafting through the cracks in her house.
  她已经跟我们说过，她极其厌恶为了避过公厕而在她家外尿尿的混混儿，那些气味通过墙上的裂缝飘进了她的家。
• THE criminal-justice system is often accused of going easy on miscreants.
  刑事司法系统往往被指责对那些歹徒太客气了。
• The court order shows that the Hong Kong regulator at least acknowledges the reputational damage posed by not clamping down earlier on miscreants.
  这项法庭裁决表明，香港监管机构至少承认，未能更早惩罚欺诈者对其名誉造成了损害。
• Instead of shedding it, Fink says, "they should have purged the miscreants from the news of the world and brought in a credible and respectable team of journalists to right the ship."
  芬克表示：“他们应该消除丑闻造成的影响，并招贤纳士，促使其重新步入正轨，而不是将其停刊。”
• The army is now fighting "miscreants" all over the tribal areas.
  目前，穆氏手下的军队正与遍布部族地区的“异端分子”作战。
• I ordered the miscreants to let me out.
  我命令这些土匪放我出去。
• They ensured good behaviour by having miscreants publicly flogged.
  确保运动员们行为得体，并对犯规者施以公开鞭打。
• My first query – whether miscreants are likely to answer incriminating questions truthfully – is one nearly every visa applicant asks.
  我的第一个疑问：邪恶分子有没有可能如实回答关于犯罪的问题？这也是几乎每个签证申请者会问的问题。
• In pretty much every case, that is enough: jail sentences need not carry on rising exponentially in length to keep potential miscreants in line.
  在几乎每一个案件中，这种判决足矣：刑期不必呈指数增长，才能让那些潜在的罪犯者规矩起来。
• In a new place you do not, and miscreants sense your hesitation.
  在一个新地方你不会知道这些，而歹徒会感觉到你的犹豫。