knave

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

Translation

n. 惡棍,無賴;(紙牌中的)傑克
Word Forms
複數knaves

Example Sentences

beware of that knave

當心那個無賴

a rogue and a knave

一個流氓和無賴

Real-world Examples

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

魔鏡魔鏡,快告訴我們答案吧。

Source: Villains' Tea Party

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

當然,用傻子、騙子這樣的字眼來對幸福進行思考是不合美國人的習慣的。

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.

你知道這三個守衛不是總說真話的騎士,就是說假話的無賴。

Source: WIL Life Revelation

Le Chiffre turned up a knave and a four.

Le Chiffre 出現了一個 knave 和一個 4。

Source: Casino Royale of the 007 series

" He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy" !

" 他叫小牛傑克,這個男孩" !

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

As saint or knave, pilgrim or hypocrite?

作爲聖人或無賴,朝聖者或僞君子?

Source: Middlemarch (Part One)

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

“哪裏是無賴”?直接打斷了偵察兵。

Source: The Last of the Mohicans (Chinese)

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

三天後巴黎就會大喊:“格朗臺先生是個無賴”!

Source: Eugénie Grandet

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

“哦,我敢說他是傻子而不是無賴”!

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.”

但在你想出問題之前,守衛A大聲告訴你:“我們之中有兩個是無賴。”

Source: WIL Life Revelation

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