Word · Frequency #8549
Fully loadedvillain
坏人；恶棍
A wicked or evil person; someone who deliberately does evil.
- 1.
A vile, wicked person.
邪恶、卑劣的人。
- 2.
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
邪恶的人；故意作恶者
- 3.
A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.
扮演坏人的角色,尤其与主角对立；邪恶或恶意的对手。
- 4.
the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
电影或虚构作品中的主要反派角色
- 5.
Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).
任何对手玩家,尤其指用于举例或教学目的的假设玩家。对比:hero(“当前玩家”)。
反派角色；反面人物；对手玩家；（教学举例中的）假想对手；邪恶、卑劣的人。；邪恶的人；故意作恶者；扮演坏人的角色,尤其与主角对立；邪恶或恶意的对手。
In use
In the movie, the villain wore a black mask and frightened everyone.
The story's villain was finally caught by the police.
She played the villain in the school play, and her performance was very convincing.
a/the + villain
通常与定冠词the连用指特定角色，或不定冠词a指某个坏人。
He played the villain in the movie.
他在电影中扮演反派角色。
villain + in/of + (story/movie/play)
常用介词in或of引出所出现的作品。
The villain in the novel is the main character's brother.
小说中的反派是主角的兄弟。
play the villain
固定搭配，意为扮演反派角色，常用于戏剧或表演语境。
Connections
Collocations
- arch-villain
- 大反派；头号恶人
- The arch-villain in the movie was brilliantly played by a famous actor.电影中的大反派由一位著名演员精彩演绎。
- super-villain
- 超级反派（常指科幻或奇幻作品中的强大反派）
- The hero finally defeated the super-villain after an epic battle.英雄在一场史诗般的战斗后最终击败了超级反派。
- movie villain
- 电影中的反派角色
- Many movie villains have become iconic characters in pop culture.许多电影中的反派角色已成为流行文化中的标志性人物。
- villain of the piece
- （故事或事件中的）主要反派；罪魁祸首
- In the end, the villain of the piece turned out to be the butler.最后，事件中的罪魁祸首原来是男管家。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the villain of the piece
- 罪魁祸首；事件中的反面角色In the whole scandal, he turned out to be the villain of the piece.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将 villain 拆成 villa（别墅）和 in（里面），想象别墅里藏着坏人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：文学、口语、影视评论 通常用于文学、口语或影视评论，指代故事中的反面角色或道德败坏的人，语气比正式书面语稍随意。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Note: 'villainy' shares the root 'villain' but has a different ending sound. 'Villager' shares the initial spelling but sounds different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.