sinister

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sin·is·ter /ˈsɪnɪstə $ -ər/ adjectiveadj

BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSmaking you feel that something evil, dangerous, or illegal is happening or will happen 不祥的，凶兆的；阴险的；邪恶的

there is something/nothing sinister about somebody/something

There was something sinister about Mr Scott’s death.

斯科特先生的死有点蹊跷。

There is a sinister side to these events.

这些事件有邪恶的一面。

He was a handsome man, in a sinister sort of way.

他英俊的外貌中带着一点阴险。

a sinister atmosphere

不祥的气氛

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sinister• The First Couple looks sleazy and careless but not necessarily sinister.• Her dark eyes and evil laugh made her seem sinister.• Daffy keeps reappearing to Richard as a ghost, unstoppably loquacious and with a joviality that turns increasingly sinister.• The man was dressed in a black suit and wore dark glasses. There was something sinister about him.• Their presence was all the more sinister amidst the approaching thunder of anticlericalism.• As I gazed on this incongruous tableau, however, the scene gradually took on a more sinister aspect.• Not even a sinister black cat, but a large and lazy-looking tabby.• A sinister figure lurked in the shadows.• There may be more sinister forces at work behind the scenes.• a sinister laugh• The drawing style is rough and abrasive, the heavy blacks underlining the sinister plotting of Silver and his renegades.• Some might say it's a sinister way to spend your time.

Origin sinister

(1400-1500) Old French sinistre, from Latin sinister “left-handed, unlucky”

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