evil

bad, evil, ill, poor, wicked

这些形容词均含“坏的”之意。
bad: 含义广泛，指任何不好的或不合需要的品质。
evil: 语气比bad强，强调道德上的邪恶不良，含狡猾凶险或危害他人的意味。
ill: 与evil意义接近，但语气弱一些，常指道德或性质方面的不良。
poor: 普通用词，侧重指事物的质量或数量低于标准或不合要求。用于指天气与食品时可与bad通用。
wicked: 语气比evil强，指居心叵测，任意违反道德标准，有意作恶。

名词 evil:

1. morally objectionable behavior
   同义词：immorality, wickedness, iniquity
2. that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune- Shakespeare
3. the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
   同义词：evilness

形容词 evil:

1. morally bad or wrong
2. having the nature of vice
   同义词：vicious
3. tending to cause great harm
   同义词：harmful, injurious
4. having or exerting a malignant influence
   同义词：malefic, malevolent, malign

1. The personification of evil as a devil is a feature of medieval painting.
   用魔鬼象徵罪恶是中世纪绘画的特色。
2. No animal of the horoscope is considered dumb or ugly or evil.
   天宫图上的动物没有一种被认为是愚笨的或丑陋的或邪恶的。
3. His evil designs were frustrated.
   他的罪恶企图未能得逞。
4. The book gives, as it were, a picture of the evil old society.
   这本书可谓是展现过去那个邪恶社会的图画。
5. His behavior showed he was an evil person.
   他的行为表明他是一个邪恶的人。
6. War, famine and flood are terrible evils.
   战争、饥荒和洪水都是可怕的灾祸。