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a/an thug
A thug threatened him with a knife.
一个恶棍用刀威胁他。
暴徒；恶棍；打手
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
暴徒；恶棍；打手
A violent person, especially a criminal or member of a gang.
A thug threatened him with a knife.
一个恶棍用刀威胁他。
帮派或犯罪组织成员
A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
好斗且暴力的年轻罪犯
an aggressive and violent young criminal
暴力、好斗或凶狠的人
A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
勒索他人的罪犯
A criminal that extorts people.
The police arrested the thug after he attacked a tourist.
警察在他袭击了一名游客后逮捕了那个暴徒。
A group of thugs threatened the shopkeeper for money.
一群暴徒威胁店主索要钱财。
He was beaten up by a thug on his way home.
他在回家路上被一个流氓打了。
A thug threatened him with a knife.
一个恶棍用刀威胁他。
The thugs were arrested after the robbery.
那些暴徒在抢劫后被逮捕了。
thug可作定语修饰名词，如thug life（黑帮生活）。
He leads a thug life on the streets.
他在街头过着恶棍般的生活。
Not this
He is very thug.
Use this
He is very thuggish.
“thug”是名词，不能用作形容词。表示“像恶棍的”需用形容词“thuggish”。
Not this
The thugs is coming.
Use this
The thugs are coming.
复数主语“thugs”需要搭配复数动词“are”，而非单数“is”。