(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal (尤指动作或行为)恶毒的,邪恶的,罪恶的 the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates. 有组织犯罪的辛迪加的罪恶行径。
派生 nefariously adverb nefariousness noun 语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin nefarius, from nefas, nefar- 'wrong' (from ne- 'not' + fas 'divine law') + -ous