pestilent
pestilent
adjective
pestilently
adverb
语源
adjective
- destructive to life; deadly
致死的，致命的
pestilent diseases.
致命性疾病。
■(informal, dated)causing annoyance; troublesome
(非正式， 旧)讨厌的，恼人的
he regarded journalists as a whole as a pestilent race.
他认为记者总体上都是讨厌的人。
■(archaic, figurative)harmful or dangerous to morals or public order; pernicious
(古，喻)有害的，危害社会的；伤风败俗的
the pestilent sect of Luther.
危害社会的路德教派。
pestilently
adverb
语源
- late Middle English: from Latin pestilens, pestilent- 'unhealthy, destructive', from pestis 'plague'
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