Vile



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 恶劣的, 卑鄙的
• ［英］ adj. 恶劣的, 卑鄙的 ( morally despicable or abhorrent)

Webster Collegiate

adjective (viler; vilest)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vil, from Latin vilis
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. morally despicable or abhorrent <nothing is so vile as intellectual dishonesty>
  • b. physically repulsive ; foul <a vile slum>
• 2. of little worth or account ; common; also mean
• 3. tending to degrade <vile employments>
• 4. disgustingly or utterly bad ; obnoxious, contemptible <vile weather><had a vile temper>
• Synonyms: see base
• ? vilely adverb
• ? vileness noun

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