a miscreant + noun
修饰单数可数名词时，miscreant 前必须有冠词 a/an，并直接置于名词之前。
A miscreant dealer sold fake medicine to the villagers.
一个不择手段的商贩向村民出售假药。
信仰异教的；异端的；没有良心或道德原则的；不择手段的。；持有错误宗教信仰的。；邪恶的；邪道的
Lacking moral principles; unscrupulous.
没有良心或道德原则的；不择手段的。
Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
持有错误宗教信仰的。
Holding an incorrect religious belief.
The miscreant hacker was finally arrested by the cyber police.
那个邪恶的黑客终于被网络警察逮捕了。
用法提示：本句中 miscreant 作为形容词，意为“邪恶的”，修饰名词 hacker。
She refused to work with such a miscreant organization.
她拒绝与这样一个邪恶的组织合作。
用法提示：本句中 miscreant 作为形容词，意为“邪恶的”，修饰名词 organization。
The villagers drove out the miscreant band of thieves that had been terrorizing them.
村民们赶走了那伙一直恐吓他们的邪恶盗贼。
用法提示：本句中 miscreant 作为形容词，意为“邪恶的”，修饰名词短语 band of thieves。
修饰单数可数名词时，miscreant 前必须有冠词 a/an，并直接置于名词之前。
A miscreant dealer sold fake medicine to the villagers.
一个不择手段的商贩向村民出售假药。
泛指某一类人或事物时，名词用复数（或不可数）形式，miscreant 前不加冠词。
Miscreant traders cheated hundreds of elderly customers.
无良商贩欺骗了数百名老年顾客。
特指说话双方都知道的人或事物时，名词前用定冠词 the。
The miscreant gang was caught at the border last night.
那个无恶不作的团伙昨晚在边境被抓获。
grammar · medium
易错句子The miscreant children hid their teacher's chalk for fun.
正确表达The mischievous children hid their teacher's chalk for fun.
miscreant 表示‘缺乏道德原则的、不择手段的’，语气很重，只用于真正邪恶或毫无道德底线的人；孩子调皮、搞恶作剧只是 mischievous，不含道德败坏的意味。两词都以 mis- 开头、拼写接近，学习者常按‘坏’的意思误用 miscreant。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is very miscreant in business and cheats his partners.
正确表达He is unscrupulous in business and cheats his partners.
miscreant 是书面色彩很浓的形容词，通常只作定语修饰人（如 a miscreant official），不能像普通形容词那样作表语并受 very 修饰，所以 ‘very miscreant’ 不成立。表示‘做生意时不择手段’应用 unscrupulous，它可以自由作表语，也能被 very 修饰。
拼写都以 mis- 开头、读音也相近，但 mischievous 指（尤指小孩）调皮捣蛋、爱搞恶作剧，通常没有恶意；miscreant 则指人邪恶、无道德原则、不择手段，贬义且语气重。
词形相近（都以 -creant 结尾），但 recreant 指怯懦退缩或背弃职责；miscreant 与胆量无关，指道德败坏、行为邪恶、不择手段。
意思最接近，但 unscrupulous 只强调为达到目的而不顾道德，多修饰手段、行为或商人；miscreant 是书面、文学色彩较重的词，指人本身邪恶、品行败坏，语气更重，一般不用来形容方法。
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