ROOT 词根vil= base 卑劣

ROOT 词根vil= base 卑劣

vilify
UK [ˈvɪlɪfaɪ]
US [ˈvɪlɪfaɪ]
v.
污蔑；诽谤；诋毁；中伤
记忆
vil 卑劣 + ify 使… → 使别人成为卑劣的人 → 诽谤
SAT · GRE
第三人称单数：vilifies现在进行时：vilifying过去式：vilified过去分词：vilified派生词：vilification n.

London, Beijing need to maintain positive ties

As the COVID-19 pandemic has gathered pace in the United Kingdom, there have been increasing calls from some individuals and media outlets to pursue politics of blame and retaliation against China over the outbreak.

Starting with an editorial around two weeks ago in The Mail on Sunday, officials in the Conservative Party, including former party leader Ian Duncan Smith, called for a "reckoning" against China and demanded that the UK "rethink" its relationship with Beijing.

The paper falsely claimed that the number of cases in China could have been "downplayed by a factor of 15 to 40 times", and whipped up imagery of animal markets, in fact taken in Vietnam, to further vilify the country.

The following week, the newspaper proceeded to quote a figure from the Henry Jackson Society, a neoconservative think tank, stating that "China owes Britain £351 billion" ($439 billion).

villain
UK [ˈvɪlən]
US [ˈvɪlən]
n.
(小说、戏剧等中的)主要反面人物，反派主角，坏人；恶棍；坏蛋；罪犯
vill〔= vile邪恶〕+ ain 人 → 邪恶的人 → 恶棍
TEM8 Vocabulary
复数：villains

He is a black villain.
他是一个无可救药的恶棍。

Idiom
n.
the villain of the piece
( especially humorous ) 元凶；祸首；症结
the person or thing that is responsible for all the trouble in a situation

He was cast as the villain.
他饰演那个反面人物。

vile
UK [vaɪl]
US [vaɪl]
adj.
糟糕透顶的；可恶的；极坏的；邪恶的；令人完全不能接受的
IELTS · TEM8 · GRE
比较级：viler最高级：vilest派生词：vilely adv.vileness n.

How could Luigi have such a vile brother?
鲁吉怎么会有一个这样卑鄙的兄弟？

How dare the man treat his only child in such a vile way?
男人怎么能用如此卑鄙的方式对待他唯一的孩子呢？

revile
UK [rɪˈvaɪl]
US [rɪˈvaɪl]
v.
辱骂；斥责
记忆
re 一再 + vil 卑劣 + e → 一再做卑劣的事 → 辱骂〔别人〕
SAT · GRE
第三人称单数：reviles现在进行时：reviling过去式：reviled过去分词：reviled

revile a person
UK [rɪˈvaɪl ə ˈpɜːsn]
US [rɪˈvaɪl ə ˈpɜːrsn]
骂人

evil
UK [ˈiːvl]
US [ˈiːvl]
adj.
恶毒的；邪恶的；有害的；道德败坏的；恶魔的；罪恶的
n.
邪恶；罪恶；恶行；害处；坏处；弊端
e 加强 + vil 卑劣 → 十分卑劣 → 邪恶
CET4 · CET6 · 考研 · TEM8
复数：evils比较级：eviler最高级：evilest

an evil boss

We are still being attacked by the forces of evil
我们仍在遭受邪恶力量的攻击。

devil
UK [ˈdevl]
US [ˈdevl]
n.
魔王；魔鬼；撒旦；恶魔；淘气鬼；冒失鬼；调皮鬼
de 加强 + vil 卑劣 → 卑劣到极点 → 魔鬼
CET4 · 考研 · TEM4 · TEM8
复数：devils

I bet you were a little devil when you were younger.
我敢说你年轻一点的时候是个小淘气鬼。

devilish
UK [ˈdevəlɪʃ]
US [ˈdevəlɪʃ]
adj.
残忍邪恶的；恶毒的；(以人们喜爱的方式)魔鬼似的，恶魔似的
TEM8 Vocabulary

devilishly
UK [ˈdevəlɪʃli]
US [ˈdevəlɪʃli]
adv.
极其；非常

He's had good luck, but he's also devilishly clever.
他很幸运，不过他也非常聪明。

Boiled eggs have the same benefits, but deviled eggs bring a little more flavor to the mouth party ( yeah, I said that).
煮熟的鸡蛋有着相同的好处，但蘸了很多芥末的鸡蛋更有味道，更符合人们的胃口。

deviled ham
辣味烤火腿

devil horse
UK [ˈdevl hɔːs]
US [ˈdevl hɔːrs]
螳螂

deviltry
恶行；残暴
de 加强 + vil 卑劣 + try → 卑劣的行为 → 恶行

The creations of a small coterie of malicious hackers who invent toxic software for the sheer deviltry of it.
计算机病毒系一小撮存心不良的黑客所为，这些人纯属为了搞恶作剧而编造有毒软件。