malefactor

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈmæləˌfæktɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A criminal or felon.
  2. An evildoer.
    — ‘Pull yourself together, Bradshaw,’ said the lawyer. ‘This suspense, I know, is telling upon all of you; but it is now our intention to make an end of it. Poole, here, and I are going to force our way into the cabinet. If all is well, my shoulders are broad enough to bear the blame. Meanwhile, lest anything should really be amiss, or any malefactor seek to escape by the back, you and the boy must go round the corner with a pair of good sticks, and take your post at the laboratory door.

词形变化

malefactors plural malefactour alternative

词汇关系

反义词
benefactor
衍生词
malefactee malefactress
相关词
maleficent

词源

From Middle English malefactour, from Late Latin malefactor, from Latin malefaciō, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“to make or do”).
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