Wickedness

(n.) The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.

(n.) A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.

整理:威廉

• There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I say that these monstrous laws of yours will bring a curse upon the land--God will not let such wickedness endure. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I had been the author of unalterable evils; and I lived in daily fear, lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The witch shall be taken out of the land, and the wickedness thereof shall be forgiven. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• What subtle wickedness had the Count planned and executed in my absence? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I will not hear it from your lips, and with the taint of your wickedness upon it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I mention it because I am determined to bring Sir Percival Glyde to account for the wickedness he has committed. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The eyes of that monster of wickedness moistened while he was speaking to me--they did, Walter! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The wickedness has not been taken out of you, wherever you have sojourned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I hope he may repent of all the wickedness and sin to which he has been a party. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I hear some one saying that wickedness is not easily concealed, to which I reply that nothing great is easy. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Oh ye unhappy perpetrators of this horrid wickedness! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• But I hear some one exclaiming that the concealment of wickedness is often difficult; to which I answer, Nothing great is easy. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I know that it is a sin and wickedness to say the thing which is not, and I will truly beware of doing so on this occasion. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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