ruffian

英 [ˈrʌfiən]

美 [ˈrʌfiən]

n.  暴徒; 恶棍

复数：ruffians　

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BNC.22925 / COCA.26175

牛津词典

noun

• 暴徒；恶棍
  a violent man, especially one who commits crimes

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 流氓;恶棍;暴徒;罪犯
  Aruffianis a man who behaves violently and is involved in crime.
  1. ...gangs of ruffians who lurk about intent on troublemaking.
     潜伏在周围意图制造麻烦的匪帮

英英释义

noun

• a cruel and brutal fellow
  Synonym:bullytoughhooliganroughneckrowdyyobyoboyobbo

双语例句

• Between the two main themes of history and reality, the bandit hero created by Mo Yan and the ruffian hero created by Wang Shuo are the most striking. The special emphasis on the converse and the irony has been the symbol of in-hero phenomenon.
  在历史与现实两大题材中，以莫言的土匪英雄和王朔的痞子英雄最为引人注目，其逆反性、反讽性之突出，成了反英雄现象的标志。
• He also admitted that you had some interest in a mill or mills that necessitated your riding about alone, or attended by a ruffian who, Captain Butler assures us, is a murderer.
  他还承认你对一家或几家厂子都很有兴趣，因此得坐着马车到处跑，而巴特勒船长告诉我们，赶车的那个恶棍还杀过人呢。
• We discover: The Phonetic ruffian of novel of Wang Shuo is a performance that the author emphasizing "truth" and pursuing "truth" in fact.
  我们发现：王朔小说语言的痞味儿其实正是作者崇尚真，追求真的表现。
• Kneeling beside their relatives, they would cry out: "You are not a ruffian; you did nothing; why were you killed?"
  她们跪在被害亲人的身边号哭着：“你不是坏人，又没有干坏事，为什么要杀害你呀？”
• "I hope you aren't a no-good ruffian or crook."
  “我希望，你不是一无用的流子或骗子。”
• In his novels, prose and essays, he conveys a radical ruffian spirit, which, in essence, is the disengaged cultural spirit of the irreconcilability of truth and falsehood.
  他通过小说文本及散文随笔传达出一种激进的“痞子”精神，这种“痞子”精神的实质是“真实与虚假势不两立”的自由文化精神。
• The greatest ruffian, the most hardened violator of the laws of society, is not altogether without it.
  最大的恶棍，极其严重地违犯社会法律的人，也不会全然丧失同情心。
• In her classic work scenery whose theme is about citizens, cultural characteristics reflected by shanty district living environment are shown, i.e., the culture of ruffian.
  在其市民题材经典作品《风景》中，显现出棚户区生存环境所反映出的棚户区文化特征：痞性文化；
• Cafferty is the garbage, drug, blockhead and ruffian in the international news press!
  卡弗蒂就是国际新闻界的“垃圾”、“毒品”、“呆子”、“暴徒”！
• If that little ruffian belonged to me, I should give him a touch of the rope's end.
  那小流氓要是我的孩子，我就要用鞭子揍他一顿。