knave

[US]/neɪv/
[UK]/nev/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 恶棍,无赖;(纸牌中的)杰克
Word Forms
复数knaves

Example Sentences

beware of that knave

当心那个无赖

a rogue and a knave

一个流氓和无赖

Real-world Examples

Magic mirror instruct this knave, give him the answers he doth crave!

魔镜魔镜,快告诉我们答案吧。

Source: Villains' Tea Party

It is, of course, un-American to think in terms of fools and knaves.

当然,用傻子、骗子这样的字眼来对幸福进行思考是不合美国人的习惯的。

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

You know that each guard is either a knight, who always tells the truth, or a knave, who lies.

你知道这三个守卫不是总说真话的骑士,就是说假话的无赖。

Source: WIL Life Revelation

Le Chiffre turned up a knave and a four.

Le Chiffre 出现了一个 knave 和一个 4。

Source: Casino Royale of the 007 series

" He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy" !

" 他叫小牛杰克,这个男孩" !

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

As saint or knave, pilgrim or hypocrite?

作为圣人或无赖,朝圣者或伪君子?

Source: Middlemarch (Part One)

" Where is the knave" ? bluntly interrupted the scout.

“哪里是无赖”?直接打断了侦察兵。

Source: The Last of the Mohicans (Chinese)

In three days Paris will cry out: " Monsieur Grandet was a knave" !

三天后巴黎就会大喊:“格朗台先生是个无赖”!

Source: Eugénie Grandet

" Oh, I dare say he's more fool than knave" !

“哦,我敢说他是傻子而不是无赖”!

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

However, before you can come up with the question, Guard A calls out to you, “two of us are knaves.”

但在你想出问题之前,守卫A大声告诉你:“我们之中有两个是无赖。”

Source: WIL Life Revelation

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