英単語

vileの意味・使い方・発音

vile

英 [vaɪl] 美 [vaɪl]
  • adj.下劣な; 邪悪な; 安っぽい; 汚い
  • n.(下劣な)人名;(英)Vaile;(フィンランド)Vile

語源


卑劣な悪。

ラテン語のvilis(安い、卑しい)から、PIE*wes(買う、売る)から、語源的にはvenalと同じ。語源的にはvenalと同じ。

英語の語源


vile
vile: [13] The ancestral meaning of vile is ‘of low status, quality, or price, cheap, common’; its use as a general epithet of ‘horribleness’ is a secondary development. It comes via Old French vil from Latin vīlis, a word of uncertain origin. The same source has given English revile [14] and vilify [15].
=> revile, vilify
vile (adj.)
late 13c., "morally repugnant; morally flawed, corrupt, wicked; of no value; of inferior quality; disgusting, foul, ugly; degrading, humiliating; of low estate, without worldly honor or esteem," from Anglo-French ville, Old French vil "shameful, dishonorable; low-born; cheap; ugly, hideous," from Latin vilis "cheap, worthless, base, common," of uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE root *wes- (1) "to buy, sell" (see venal). Related: Vilely; vileness; vilety (early 13c.).

例文


1. The weather was consistently vile .
天気はずっと悪い。

2.The weather was really vile most of the time.
天気はほとんどの時間が最悪だった。

3.Who could have carried out such a vile attack?
誰がそんな卑怯な攻撃を仕掛けるのだろうか。

4.This cheese smells vile .
このチーズの匂いは非常に臭い。

5.Her talk was full of vile curses.
彼女の言葉には悪辣な罵倒が満ちている。

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