每日单词：rogue

rogue

英 [rəʊɡ] 美 [roʊɡ]

n.流氓；调皮鬼；离群野兽；[农]劣种v.游手好闲；欺诈；去劣adj.离群凶猛的

◉词源

16世纪进入英语，原指闲散的无赖或乞丐，后17世纪指象群中凶猛的独行大象，18世纪扩展为“无赖、流氓”，20世纪晚期发展为“rogue state”（流氓国家）或“go rogue”（叛变、失控）。构词成分：无明显前缀或后缀（独立词源，可能源于古法语 rogue 傲慢）。

◉外刊例句

① 《The Guardian》，2025

Rogue owners could be imprisoned for the most serious violations.

无赖业主可能因最严重违规而被监禁。

② 《The Guardian》，2025

In the public consciousness, Ice has become defined as Trump’s personal rogue agency.

在公众意识中，移民海关执法局已成为特朗普的个人叛变机构。

◉经典名著

① 《Oliver Twist》，1838

A lovable rogue and a true eccentric.

一个可爱的无赖和真正的怪人。

② 《The Jungle Book》，1894

He was a rogue elephant, dangerous and unpredictable. Rudyard Kipling

他是一头叛变的象，危险而不可预测。

◉ Usage Examples

(1) He gave the rogue a smash on the jaw.

(2) The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.

(3) Don Crutchfield is a peeping-Tom and low-level operative for a private detective and a rogue policeman in Los Angeles.

(4) It portrayed a future war between Turkey and America, and a rogue Turkish agent detonating a nuclear device in Washington.

(5) By careful selecting and roguing the strain was evolved.

(6) He carefully drew a bead on the rogue elephant and shot it dead.

(1) 他朝那流氓的下巴猛击一拳。

(2) 小淘气戴上了他祖父的眼镜。

(3) 克拉奇菲尔德先生是一个偷窥狂与私人侦探的低级职员以及是洛杉矶游手好闲的警察。

(4) 这一小说描写了未来将在土耳其和美国之间发生的战争，一个游手好闲的土耳其代理商在华盛顿引爆了一个核装置。

(5) 这个品种是经过小心的选择与淘汰才培育出来的。

(6) 他用枪仔细瞄准一头凶猛而离群的野象，开枪把它打死了。

◉ Usage Notes

A rogue is a sneaky person who has tricks up his sleeve, not like a magician, but like someone who would steal your wallet or cheat at cards.

Dishonesty won’t get you far in life, unless you are a rogue who survives by lying and exploiting others. The word comes from the Latin rogare, which means “beg,” and while some rogues dress like beggars to get your money, anyone who deceives is a rogue, like the presidents of corrupt corporations who steal from their employees, or that rogue Uncle Marvin who promises you chocolate for washing his car, but afterward tells you he has no chocolate. That rogue!

◉ Usage Notes

1. [N-COUNT 可数名词]无赖；流氓；恶棍 A rogue is a man who behaves in a dishonest or criminal way.

Mr Ward wasn't a rogue at all.

沃德先生根本不是恶棍。

2. [N-COUNT 可数名词]捣蛋鬼；小淘气；小坏蛋 If a man behaves in a way that you do not approve of but you still like him, you can refer to him as a rogue . [oft adj N] [feelings]

...Falstaff, the loveable rogue.

福斯塔夫，那个可爱的捣蛋鬼

3. [ADJ 形容词](人或事物)不寻常的，破坏性的 A rogue element is someone or something that behaves differently from others of its kind, often causing damage. [ADJ n]

Computer systems throughout the country are being affected by a series of mysterious rogue programs, known as viruses...

全国的计算机系统都感染了一系列诡异的流氓程序，即病毒。

The rogue male is not a twentieth-century phenomenon.

男性不安分守己并非20世纪特有的现象。