the main bad character in a story, play, etc. （小說、戲劇等中的）主要反面人物，反派主角，壞人 Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatreb2, Literature and writingb2He doesn't fit the standard stereotype of a movie villain. 他與電影中常見的反面人物不符。 He has played villains in most of his films. 他在所演的大多數影片裏都演反派。 He wore a black cloak, like a pantomime villain. 他身披黑色鬥篷，活似童話劇中的壞蛋。 The Queen in ‘Snow White’ is one of film's greatest villains. 《白雪公主》中的王後是電影中最邪惡的反面人物之一。
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 惡棍；壞蛋 the heroes and villains of the 20th century 20 世紀的英雄豪傑與罪魁禍首 Industrialized nations are the real environmental villains. 工業化國家是破壞環境的真正元兇。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2He felt that the insurance companies were the real villains in all this. 他覺得保險公司是這一切惡事的真正起因。 She seems to have cast me as the villain in her latest emotional upheaval. 她最近一次大發雷霆時，似乎認定我是惡人。
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. 警方至今還沒有抓住那個歹徒。
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 元兇；禍首；症結 It’s hard to identify the real villain of the piece in this case. 在這種情況下，很難確定作品中真正的惡棍。