miscreants

英 [ˈmɪskrɪənts]

美 [ˈmɪskriənts]

n.  缺德的人; 不法之徒
miscreant的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 不法之徒;恶棍;歹徒
  Amiscreantis someone who has done something illegal or behaved badly.
  1. Local people demanded that the District Magistrate apprehend the miscreants.
     当地人要求地方法官逮捕那些歹徒。

双语例句

• When the scandal over MPs 'expenses erupted in 2009, he was quick to purge miscreants in his own party.
  2009年议员报销丑闻爆出后，他迅速清除了自己党内的行为不端者。
• The department also tries to make an example of some miscreants. The crowd chanted "Down with the corruptionists."
  该机构也试图对一些腐败者罚一儆百。群众有节奏地反复呼喊着“打倒腐败者。”
• Instead of shedding it, Fink says, "they should have purged the miscreants from the news of the world and brought in a credible and respectable team of journalists to right the ship."
  芬克表示：“他们应该消除丑闻造成的影响，并招贤纳士，促使其重新步入正轨，而不是将其停刊。”
• When they do it, and get a bad response, other potential miscreants are reminded to try anti-Semitism only in the safety of their own homes.
  当他们这么做，却得到糟糕的反应后，对于其他潜在的反犹者会是一个提醒：要想发表反犹太言论，最好还是在自己家里关上门来说比较安全。
• In a new place you do not, and miscreants sense your hesitation.
  在一个新地方你不会知道这些，而歹徒会感觉到你的犹豫。
• The court order shows that the Hong Kong regulator at least acknowledges the reputational damage posed by not clamping down earlier on miscreants.
  这项法庭裁决表明，香港监管机构至少承认，未能更早惩罚欺诈者对其名誉造成了损害。
• The army is now fighting "miscreants" all over the tribal areas.
  目前，穆氏手下的军队正与遍布部族地区的“异端分子”作战。
• My first query – whether miscreants are likely to answer incriminating questions truthfully – is one nearly every visa applicant asks.
  我的第一个疑问：邪恶分子有没有可能如实回答关于犯罪的问题？这也是几乎每个签证申请者会问的问题。
• In pretty much every case, that is enough: jail sentences need not carry on rising exponentially in length to keep potential miscreants in line.
  在几乎每一个案件中，这种判决足矣：刑期不必呈指数增长，才能让那些潜在的罪犯者规矩起来。
• I ordered the miscreants to let me out.
  我命令这些土匪放我出去。