the main bad character in a story, play, etc. （小说、戏剧等中的）主要反面人物，反派主角，坏人 Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatreb2, Literature and writingb2He doesn't fit the standard stereotype of a movie villain. 他与电影中常见的反面人物不符。 He has played villains in most of his films. 他在所演的大多数影片里都演反派。 He wore a black cloak, like a pantomime villain. 他身披黑色斗篷，活似童话剧中的坏蛋。 The Queen in ‘Snow White’ is one of film's greatest villains. 《白雪公主》中的王后是电影中最邪恶的反面人物之一。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movie
- pantomime
- screen
- …
- cast somebody as
- play
- catch
- …
- the villain of the piece
a person who is morally bad or responsible for causing trouble or harm 恶棍；坏蛋 the heroes and villains of the 20th century 20 世纪的英雄豪杰与罪魁祸首 Industrialized nations are the real environmental villains. 工业化国家是破坏环境的真正元凶。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2He felt that the insurance companies were the real villains in all this. 他觉得保险公司是这一切恶事的真正起因。 She seems to have cast me as the villain in her latest emotional upheaval. 她最近一次大发雷霆时，似乎认定我是恶人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movie
- pantomime
- screen
- …
- cast somebody as
- play
- catch
- …
- the villain of the piece
- (informal)
a criminal 罪犯 The police still haven't caught the villain. 警方至今还没有抓住那个歹徒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movie
- pantomime
- screen
- …
- cast somebody as
- play
- catch
- …
- the villain of the piece
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘a rustic, boor’): from Old French vilein, based on Latin villa.
Idioms
the villain of the piece
- (especially humorous)
the person or thing that is responsible for all the trouble in a situation 元凶；祸首；症结 It’s hard to identify the real villain of the piece in this case. 在这种情况下，很难确定作品中真正的恶棍。