rogue

noun

/rəʊɡ/

(humorous) a person who behaves badly, but despite this is quite attractive无赖；捣蛋鬼
- He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming.他好捣蛋，但却很讨人喜欢。
(old-fashioned) a man who is not honest or moral骗子；恶棍；流氓 synonym rascal
- a rogues’ gallery (= a collection of pictures of criminals)案犯相片集
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th cent.).

rogue

adjective

/rəʊɡ/

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(of an animal动物) living apart from the main group, and possibly dangerous离群的
behaving in a different way from other similar people or things, often causing damage行为失常的；暴戾的
- a rogue gene变异基因
- a rogue police officer暴戾的警察
Extra Examples
- Rogue cells may survive in the body to form a tumour.变异细胞可能在体内存活形成肿瘤。
- The bus shelter was demolished by a rogue driver.公共汽车候车亭被一个流氓司机拆除了。
- There is a need to protect patients from rogue doctors.有必要保护病人免受流氓医生的伤害。
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Idioms

go rogue

(informal) to suddenly start doing something unexpected, especially something dangerous, wrong or against the rules流氓：突然开始做一些意想不到的事情，尤其是危险，错误或违反规则的事情
- Denzel Washington plays a CIA agent gone rogue.丹泽尔·华盛顿扮演一个变得无赖的中情局特工。
- One of his employees went rogue and started stealing money from the company.他的一名员工变得无赖，开始从公司偷钱。
- My phone has gone rogue on me—it keeps switching itself off.我的手机坏了，一直关机。
- My luggage went rogue (= got lost) at the airport and didn't make it onto the plane.我的行李在机场丢失了，没能上飞机。