a miscreant who does sth
miscreant 是可数名词，多用于正式或书面语，带强烈谴责语气；who 引导的定语从句说明其具体恶行。
The police arrested a miscreant who had been selling stolen goods.
警方逮捕了一个一直在贩卖赃物的歹徒。
无赖；无耻之徒；异教徒；信奉邪说者；行为恶劣或违法的人。；不受道德约束的人；无耻的恶棍。；持有虚假宗教信仰的人；异端者。
行为恶劣或违法的人。
One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
不受道德约束的人；无耻的恶棍。
One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
持有虚假宗教信仰的人；异端者。
One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
The authorities arrested the miscreant after a series of robberies.
当局在一系列抢劫案后逮捕了那个恶棍。
用法提示：miscreant 作为名词，指道德败坏的人，在这里作主语。
A group of miscreants vandalized the park last night.
一群恶棍昨晚破坏了公园。
用法提示：miscreants 是 miscreant 的复数形式，作主语，表示多个无道德的人。
She described her ex-husband as a miscreant who cheated everyone.
她将前夫描述为一个欺骗所有人的恶棍。
用法提示：miscreant 作宾语，用于描述某人道德败坏。
miscreant 是可数名词，多用于正式或书面语，带强烈谴责语气；who 引导的定语从句说明其具体恶行。
The police arrested a miscreant who had been selling stolen goods.
警方逮捕了一个一直在贩卖赃物的歹徒。
用 a gang of 等量词时，miscreants 必须用复数形式。
A gang of miscreants broke into the warehouse last night.
一伙不法分子昨晚闯入了仓库。
responsible for 后接具体罪行或事件，用来指明这伙人干了什么。
The miscreants responsible for the attack were caught on camera.
对这次袭击负责的歹徒被摄像头拍了下来。
grammar · medium
易错句子The police arrested three miscreant last night.
正确表达The police arrested three miscreants last night.
miscreant 是可数名词，前面有数词 three 时必须用复数形式 miscreants。汉语名词没有数的变化，所以学习者容易漏掉词尾的 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is miscreant who cheats elderly people.
正确表达He is a miscreant who cheats elderly people.
miscreant 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词或其他限定词。汉语没有冠词，"他是坏人"不加"一个"也通顺，但英语单数可数名词不能单独使用，必须说 a miscreant。
grammar · medium
易错句子My little brother is a real miscreant — he hid my homework.
正确表达My little brother is a real rascal — he hid my homework.
miscreant 指违法或不讲道德的恶人，语义很重；描述只是调皮捣蛋的小孩应说 rascal（淘气鬼），用 miscreant 会把小事说得过重，不合语境。
指经法律程序认定有罪的人，属于法律、警务领域的正式用词；miscreant 则是带道德谴责意味的书面泛称，多指行为不端者，未必被定罪。
多指故事、影视中的反派角色，指真人时语气很重；miscreant 更书面、略带调侃，常指品行不端的小人物。
强调某件具体过错或案件的责任人，须与特定事件搭配；miscreant 是泛指一类品行不端的人，不针对单一事件。
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