Question of the Day #710

What makes a great rogues gallery?

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at Looper.

上記の文で、rogueの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "rogue" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. いたずらっ子、わんぱく小僧
2. 悪漢、ごろつき、悪党、不良、ならず者、詐欺師
3. 〔動植物の〕劣性変異、不良品種
4. 放浪者、路上生活者、ホームレス、宿なし

問題文の場合は、二番目の訳になります。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. VAGRANT, TRAMP
2. a dishonest or worthless person : SCOUNDREL
3. a mischievous person : SCAMP
4. a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5. an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

Examples

• For all that, he is benevolent and kind, neither rogue nor scoundrel.
• To the antebellum rogue, the city's gigantic web of secrets held unlimited financial rewards, if only it could be interpreted properly.
• Mr Ward wasn't a rogue at all.
• Many of the vagabonds were rogues and cheaters of various kinds, and formed a subcommunity on the fringes of official society. — Charles Barber, Early Modern English, 1976
• Cartier decided that the two boys were a choice pair of rogues who would probably try to run him aground if taken as pilots, and that he would dispense with their services. — Samuel Eliot Morison, The European Discovery of America, 1971

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