vandal

['vændl]

反义词

复数: vandals;

vandal 破坏公物者

来自拉丁语Vandalus,日耳曼部落名，于公元455年将罗马洗劫一空，因而引申该词义。

vandal: vandal: [17] The term vandal commemorates a Germanic tribe, the Vandals, who sacked Rome in 455 AD, and thereby earned themselves a reputation as destroyers of civilization. Their name for themselves was *Wandal-, which etymologically means ‘wanderer’.
vandal (n.): 1660s, "willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable," from Vandals, name of the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 under Genseric, from Latin Vandalus (plural Vandali), from the tribe's name for itself (Old English Wendlas), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wandljaz "wanderer." The literal historical sense in English is recorded from 1550s.
There does not seem to be in the story of the capture of Rome by the Vandals any justification for the charge of willful and objectless destruction of public buildings which is implied in the word 'vandalism.' It is probable that this charge grew out of the fierce persecution which was carried on by [the Vandal king] Gaiseric and his son against the Catholic Christians, and which is the darkest stain on their characters. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 13th ed., 1926]

3. The couple set up a 24-hour security camera to trap the vandal scratching their car.: 夫妇俩装了个24小时监控摄像头，想要抓住故意划坏他们车子的家伙。

4. The most efficient in poor light conditions. An extremely sturdy, vandal - proof PV.: 是在光照差的条件下最有效的PV,耐用、结实.

5. Vandal have pull the telephone out of the call boxes.: 破坏公共财产者将电话机扯到电话亭外.