raffish

raffish

英 ['ræfɪʃ]
　　美 ['ræfɪʃ]

adj. 名譽不好的；卑鄙的；無賴的

中文詞源：

raffish 聲名狼籍的，放蕩的

來自 riff-raff,烏合之眾，地痞流氓，-ish,形容詞後綴。

例句：

1. He was handsome in a raffish kind of way.
他的帥是一種放蕩不羈的帥。

2. The theatre's raffish auditorium recalls an earlier era.
劇院俗麗的觀眾席讓人想起早先的時代。

3. He was drinking cheap champagne with a raffish air.
他喝著廉價的香檳酒,樣子十分放蕩.

4. Why let all the people dream of having such a don't catch mice, raffish cat?
為什麼讓各國人民都夢想擁有那樣一隻不抓老鼠, 不務正業的貓?