vandal
vandal — 名詞
1. A person who on purpose breaks, marks, or ruins things owned by other people or
破壞者
故意損毀他人或公共財物的人
A person who on purpose breaks, marks, or ruins things owned by other people or by the public, such as windows, walls, or vehicles.
Police caught the vandal who had spray-painted graffiti on the school walls.
警方逮捕了在學校牆上噴漆塗鴉的破壞者。
The park bench was broken by a vandal who smashed it with a rock late at night.
那張公園長椅是被一名破壞者半夜用石頭砸壞的。
passive: object + was broken by a vandal
Vandals scratched the paint on every car parked along the street during the night.
破壞者趁夜裡刮花了停放在街上每輛車的車漆。
Neighbors reported seeing a vandal throw a brick through the shop window.
鄰居通報看見一名破壞者將磚頭扔向商店窗戶。
Niran's garden fence was kicked down by a group of vandals last weekend.
Niran 家的花園圍籬上週末被一群破壞者踢倒了。
- hooligan
suggests noisy, group violence often at sports or public events, while vandal focuses on property damage
- delinquent
broader term for a young person who commits minor crimes, not limited to property damage
- troublemaker
general term for someone who causes problems, not specifically about damaging things
- protector
someone who guards or looks after property rather than damaging it
用法筆記
Frequently appears in news reports about crime or anti-social behaviour. The related noun vandalism describes the act itself, and the verb vandalize describes the action of destroying property on purpose.
常見錯誤
2. A person from an ancient Germanic people who invaded Roman territory, controlled
汪達爾人
古代日耳曼民族，曾攻掠羅馬
A person from an ancient Germanic people who invaded Roman territory, controlled areas in what are now southern Europe and northern Africa, and sacked the city of Rome in 455 AD.
The Vandals were a Germanic tribe that crossed into Roman territory in the early 5th century.
汪達爾人是個日耳曼部落，在西元五世紀初越過邊界進入羅馬領土。
passive definition: the Vandals were + noun phrase
Historians describe how the Vandals built a powerful kingdom in North Africa before attacking Rome.
歷史學家描述了汪達爾人如何在進攻羅馬之前於北非建立了一個強大的王國。
Gita learned about the Vandals in her history class when studying the fall of the Roman Empire.
Gita 在歷史課上學習羅馬帝國衰亡史時認識了汪達爾人。
An ancient writer left a detailed account of how the Vandals captured and looted the city of Rome.
一位古代作家留下了詳細記載，說明汪達爾人如何攻佔並掠奪了羅馬城。
用法筆記
Always capitalised as Vandal or Vandals when referring to the historical group. Distinguish from sense 1 (PROPERTY DAMAGE), which is the ordinary lowercase noun.
常見錯誤
vandal — 形容詞
1. Connected to the ancient Germanic group known as the Vandals, or to their cultur
汪達爾的
與古代汪達爾人有關的
Connected to the ancient Germanic group known as the Vandals, or to their culture, society, and history.
The museum's new exhibit shows Vandal jewelry and tools found in North Africa.
該博物館的新展覽展出在北非發現的汪達爾珠寶和工具。
possessive structure: Vandal + noun (artifacts)
Scholars still debate the influence of Vandal culture on early medieval Spain.
學者們仍在討論汪達爾文化對中世紀早期西班牙的影響。
Élise read a book about the Vandal kingdom and its wars with the Byzantine Empire.
Élise 讀了一本關於汪達爾王國及其與拜占庭帝國戰爭的書。
Few written records of the Vandal language have survived to the present day.
留存至今的汪達爾語書面記載非常稀少。
用法筆記
Always capitalised as Vandal because it derives from the proper noun. Used almost exclusively in historical or archaeological writing.