root of all evil

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that is perceived to be a root cause of all the world's evil.
    — idleness is the root of all evil, lust is the root of all evil

词形变化

roots of all evil plural

词源

Genericized in other phrases from (the love of) money is the root of all evil, which see.
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