bad、evil、ill、poor与wicked这些形容词均含“坏的”之意。
bad : 含义广泛，指任何不好的或不合需要的品质。
- Our holiday was spoiled by bad weather.
我们的假期全被坏天气给破坏了。 - We've just had some very bad news.
我们刚刚得到了一些很不好的消息。 - I had a very bad night (= did not sleep well) last night.
我昨晚没有睡好。 - Watch out - he's in a bad mood (= being unpleasant to everyone).
小心——他心情不好。 - She's just a bad loser (= she is unpleasant when she loses).
她这人输不起。 - The company has been getting a lot of bad publicity (= negative things have been written or said about it) recently.
该公司最近在媒体上的负面新闻很多。
evil : 语气比bad强，强调道德上的邪恶不良，含狡猾凶险或危害他人的意味。
- an evil dictator
邪恶的独裁者 - These people are just evil.
这些人太恶毒了。
ill与evil意义接近，但语气弱一些，常指道德或性质方面的不良。
- ill health
糟糕的健康状况 - Did you experience any ill effects from the treatment?
你感到治疗有什么副作用吗？
poor : 普通用词，侧重指事物的质量或数量低于标准或不合要求。用于指天气与食品时可与bad通用。
- a poor harvest
歉收 - Last year's exam results were fairly poor.
去年的考试成绩相当差。 - I was always very poor at maths at school.
我上学时数学一直很差。 - Dad had been in poor health for several years.
爸爸几年来健康状况一直很差。 - At last month's meeting, attendance was poor.
上个月的会议出席率很低。
wicked : 语气比evil强，指居心叵测，任意违反道德标准，有意作恶。
- It was a wicked thing to do.
那是件缺德的事。 - Of course, in the end, the wicked witch gets killed.
当然，最后邪恶的巫婆被杀掉了。
