汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 万恶之源
万恶之源 (萬惡之源)
the root of all evil
() wàn () è/ě/wù zhī yuán
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

贪婪是万恶之源

Greed is the root of all evil.

金钱不是万恶之源,恐惧才是。

Money is not the root of all evil, fear is.

金钱不是万恶之源?还是有钱能使鬼推磨?

Isn't money the evil source or does money make the mare to go?

懒惰是赤贫之道,也是万恶之源

Idleness is key of beggary and the root of all evil.

有人说钱或爱钱是万恶之源

Money, or love of money, is said to be the root of all evil.

钱是万恶之源,但也绝对是问题的根本。

Money may be the root of all evil but it's definitely at the base of a problem.

然而,我们也不能走向另一个极端,即:钱是万恶之源

However, we couldn't go to the other extreme that money is the root of all evil.

当有人欺骗你的时候,他教你懂得贪婪是万恶之源

When someone cheats you, it teaches you that greed is the root of all evil.

著名作家巴金曾经说过一句话, 让我至今仍然记忆犹新:贫穷是万恶之源.

Ba Jin, a renowned Chinese writer had said a sentence that is still fresh in my mind now: Poverty is the root of all evils.

当人们说“金钱是万恶之源”的时候,他们未必认为金钱本身是渊薮。

WHEN people say that "money is the root of all evil," they usually don't mean that money itself is the root of evil.