sinister

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  • adj.邪恶的；险恶的；不祥的；有凶兆的
  • Web阴险的；凶恶的

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sinister
adj.
1.
邪恶的；险恶的；不祥的；有凶兆的seeming evil or dangerous; making you think sth bad will happen
There was something cold and sinister about him.
他给人一种冷酷阴险的感觉。
There is another, more sinister, possibility.
还有另一种更糟糕的可能。

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AllAll,邪恶的邪恶的,险恶的险恶的,不祥的不祥的,有凶兆的有凶兆的,阴险的阴险的,凶恶的凶恶的
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1.
It was then that she realised that something sinister was afoot as she could not access her account because her password had been changed.
因为密码已经被改动，无法进入自己的帐户，她才意识到有人对自己的手机做了手脚。
yīn wèi mì mǎ yǐ jīng bèi gǎi dòng , wú fǎ jìn rù zì jǐ de zhàng hù , tā cái yì shí dào yǒu rén duì zì jǐ de shǒu jī zuò le shǒu jiǎo 。
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2.
Morpheus contacts Neo just as the machines (posing as sinister 'agents') are trying to keep Neo from finding out any more.
正当机器们（以阴险的“特工”形象出现）竭力阻止Neo挖掘出更多有关TheMatrix的信息时，Morpheus联系上了Neo。
zhèng dàng jī qì men ( yǐ yīn xiǎn de " tè gōng " xíng xiàng chū xiàn ) jié lì zǔ zhǐ Neo wā jué chū gèng duō yǒu guān TheMatrix de xìn xī shí , Morpheus lián xì shàng le Neo 。
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3.
Therefore, the way her own stepmother portrayed as a sinister, nervous, like the abuse of her sister's character.
所以，她用自己的方式将后母描绘成一个险恶、神经质、喜欢虐待妹妹的人物。
suǒ yǐ , tā yòng zì jǐ de fāng shì jiāng hòu mǔ miáo huì chéng yī gè xiǎn è 、 shén jīng zhì 、 xǐ huan nüè dài mèi mèi de rén wù 。
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4.
I was expecting someone a little more sinister and a little darker, to be obsessed with a case like this.
我期望一个更险恶以及更阴暗一点的人来沉迷于像这样的一起案件。
wǒ qī wàng yī gè gèng xiǎn è yǐ jí gèng yīn àn yì diǎn de rén lái chén mí yú xiàng zhè yàng de yì qǐ àn jiàn 。
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5.
The reflection on his face in the train window when they went through a tunnel was a little sinister.
当他们穿过隧道时，车窗上反映出他的面部，有点儿凶神恶煞的样子。
dāng tā men chuān guò suì dào shí , chē chuāng shàng fǎn yìng chū tā de miàn bù , yǒu diǎn er xiōng shén è shà de yàng zǐ 。
6.
When a fellow teacher is arrested as a CIA spy by the sinister Palestinian security forces, Yussef ignores advice to leave.
他的同事却被险恶的巴勒斯坦安全部队当作中情局间谍逮捕起来，这时别人劝他离开加沙为妙，但他却毅然决定留下来。
tā de tóng shì què bèi xiǎn è de bā lè sī tǎn ān quán bù duì dāng zuò zhōng qíng jú jiàn dié dài bǔ qǐ lái , zhè shí bié rén quàn tā lí kāi jiā shā wèi miào , dàn tā què yì rán jué dìng liú xià lái 。
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7.
The combination of these events drags him deep into the kind of vast and sinister conspiracy that thriller writers love.
这一系列事件纠结在一起，使他深陷于一个惊天的罪恶阴谋——惊悚小说作者的最爱素材。
zhè yí xì liè shì jiàn jiū jié zài yì qǐ , shǐ tā shēn xiàn yú yī gè jīng tiān de zuì è yīn móu — — jīng sǒng xiǎo shuō zuò zhě de zuì ài sù cái 。
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8.
In conclusion upon this color objection, we have to say that we meet here in open daylight. There is nothing sinister about us.
总之在反对种族歧视的问题上，应该说我们是在这里公开集会，我们的身边没有任何威胁。
zǒng zhī zài fǎn duì zhǒng zú qí shì de wèn tí shàng , yīng gāi shuō wǒ men shì zài zhè lǐ gōng kāi jí huì , wǒ men de shēn biān méi yǒu rèn hé wēi xié 。
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I wouldn't have been surprised to see sinister faces, the faces of 'Wolfshiem's people, ' behind him in the dark shrubbery.
我也不会感到奇怪的，如果我看到许多邪恶的面孔，“沃尔夫山姆的人”的面孔，躲在他后面黑黝黝的灌木丛中。
wǒ yě bú huì gǎn dào qí guài de , rú guǒ wǒ kàn dào xǔ duō xié è de miàn kǒng , " wò ěr fū shān mǔ de rén " de miàn kǒng , duǒ zài tā hòu mian hēi yǒu yǒu de guàn mù cóng zhōng 。
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10.
Believed to have been washed away during the storm, he has not been heard from since, but the signs point to a more sinister plot.
他没有音讯，应该是在暴风雨中冲走，但迹象表明一个更加邪恶的阴谋。
tā méi yǒu yīn xùn , yīng gāi shì zài bào fēng yǔ zhōng chōng zǒu , dàn jì xiàng biǎo míng yī gè gèng jiā xié è de yīn móu 。
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