Villainous means evil in the way a story villain is evil — cruel, scheming, and enjoying it a little. It is the adjective belonging to villain.

Villainous means邪惡的意思是 evil in the way a story villain is evil像故事裡反派那樣的邪惡 — cruel, scheming, and enjoying it a little殘忍、有心機，還帶點樂在其中. It is the adjective belonging to villain它是villain（反派）這個字的形容詞

Because it points back to the bad guy in stories, it has a theatrical flavour: a villainous laugh, a villainous plot, a villainous grin. Writers reach for it in novels, film reviews and history writing far more often than people use it in speech.

Because it points back to the bad guy in stories因為它指的就是故事裡的壞人, it has a theatrical flavour所以帶有一種戲劇化的味道: a villainous laugh邪惡的笑聲, a villainous plot邪惡的陰謀, a villainous grin邪惡的獰笑. Writers reach for it in novels, film reviews and history writing作家在小說、影評和歷史寫作裡常用到這個字 far more often than people use it in speech遠比日常說話時常用得多

That theatrical flavour also makes it usable half-jokingly — you can call your friend's plan to steal the last dumpling villainous and nobody thinks you mean it. For real, serious evil in everyday English, people say cruel, evil, or wicked.

That theatrical flavour also makes it usable half-jokingly這種戲劇化的味道也讓它可以帶點開玩笑地使用 — you can call your friend's plan to steal the last dumpling villainous你可以說朋友想偷吃最後一顆水餃的計畫很「villainous」 and nobody thinks you mean it沒有人會當真. For real, serious evil in everyday English要說日常英文裡真正、嚴肅的邪惡, people say cruel, evil, or wicked大家會用cruel、evil或wicked

One old sense you may meet in older books: villainous also used to mean simply 'very bad in quality' — villainous weather, villainous food.

One old sense you may meet in older books在比較舊的書裡你可能會看到一個古老的意思: villainous also used to mean simply 'very bad in quality'villainous以前也可以單純表示「品質很差」 — villainous weather很糟的天氣, villainous food很難吃的食物