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Definition of rogues' gallery in English: rogues' gallerynoun informal 1A collection of photographs of known criminals, used by police to identify suspects. 〈非正式〉(警方用于识别嫌疑犯的)罪犯照片集 Example sentencesExamples - Starting in the mid-1850s, once daguerreotypes were widely available, police in Europe and America began creating ‘rogues' galleries’ and photo albums featuring known ‘criminals’ and ‘degenerates.’
- A rogues' gallery already existed in Moscow by 1867, preceded only by the Danzig collection of 1864.
- 1.1 A collection of people or creatures notable for a certain shared quality or characteristic, typically a disreputable one.
一批讨厌的人(或物)(尤指名声不好者) a rogues' gallery of bureaucrats and cold-hearted advocates of ‘progress’ 一批讨厌的官僚和冷酷无情的提倡“进步”的人。 Example sentencesExamples - He presents them as such a conniving, scheming rogues' gallery of careerist and morally dishonest operators that one wonders how anyone could ever have taken them seriously.
- The actor gambled on playing one of the film's rogues' gallery of supporting players.
- There is little room for depth of character in a film as formally mercurial as this, so Scott has opted for a rogues' gallery of stereotypes, with just enough quirks to be interesting.
- Like any heroes worthy of the prefix ‘super,’ the Powerpuff Girls face a worthy rogues' gallery of villains.
- In attacking the Revolution, Burke constructed a rogues' gallery of French politicians, and placed alongside them quite a number of French thinkers.
- He has attracted quite a rogues' gallery of villains.
- The book is also a political genealogy as rogues' gallery, tracing various nefarious qualities through several generations.
- It was indeed a rogues' gallery of avoidable mistakes.
- It always deserved a higher ranking, if only because no rogues' gallery could ever stop it from performing reasonably well its basic function of delivering the goods.
- Whenever he is captured, he immediately surrounds himself with a rogues' gallery of goofy-looking guys, hoping to showcase how good he looks.
- Imagine my surprise when I opened the book and found a photo of me leading the rogues' gallery of economists who allegedly belittle the role of technological change.
- There are three superficial similarities - the Christmas setting, a rogues' gallery of characters, and the presence oft his actor - but the films are radically different in tone, intent, and storyline.
- Although the discounter is reorganizing under the federal bankruptcy code, a photo of its CEO continues to hang in its competitor's rogues' gallery.
- It's what Shane and his rogues' gallery of gambling mates build their doomed bookmaking business on, and it's a constant presence among the film's incidental characters.
- Here's a rogues' gallery of the wealthiest villains - the kind of filthy rich reprobates you're not likely to see popping up in the annual rich lists.
- The continent's leadership roll includes a sizeable rogues' gallery, including despots such as Sani Abacha and Idi Amin.
- Video explorations of completed buildings are on display here and the office personnel is represented by a rogues' gallery of mug-shots stretching all along one wall.
Definition of rogues' gallery in US English: rogues' gallerynoun informal 1A collection of photographs of known criminals, used by police to identify suspects. 〈非正式〉(警方用于识别嫌疑犯的)罪犯照片集 Example sentencesExamples - A rogues' gallery already existed in Moscow by 1867, preceded only by the Danzig collection of 1864.
- Starting in the mid-1850s, once daguerreotypes were widely available, police in Europe and America began creating ‘rogues' galleries’ and photo albums featuring known ‘criminals’ and ‘degenerates.’
- 1.1 A collection of people or creatures notable for a certain shared quality or characteristic, typically a disreputable one.
一批讨厌的人(或物)(尤指名声不好者) a rogues' gallery of bureaucrats and cold-hearted advocates of “progress.” 一批讨厌的官僚和冷酷无情的提倡“进步”的人。 Example sentencesExamples - He has attracted quite a rogues' gallery of villains.
- He presents them as such a conniving, scheming rogues' gallery of careerist and morally dishonest operators that one wonders how anyone could ever have taken them seriously.
- It was indeed a rogues' gallery of avoidable mistakes.
- It always deserved a higher ranking, if only because no rogues' gallery could ever stop it from performing reasonably well its basic function of delivering the goods.
- Imagine my surprise when I opened the book and found a photo of me leading the rogues' gallery of economists who allegedly belittle the role of technological change.
- There is little room for depth of character in a film as formally mercurial as this, so Scott has opted for a rogues' gallery of stereotypes, with just enough quirks to be interesting.
- The book is also a political genealogy as rogues' gallery, tracing various nefarious qualities through several generations.
- Whenever he is captured, he immediately surrounds himself with a rogues' gallery of goofy-looking guys, hoping to showcase how good he looks.
- Although the discounter is reorganizing under the federal bankruptcy code, a photo of its CEO continues to hang in its competitor's rogues' gallery.
- It's what Shane and his rogues' gallery of gambling mates build their doomed bookmaking business on, and it's a constant presence among the film's incidental characters.
- The continent's leadership roll includes a sizeable rogues' gallery, including despots such as Sani Abacha and Idi Amin.
- The actor gambled on playing one of the film's rogues' gallery of supporting players.
- In attacking the Revolution, Burke constructed a rogues' gallery of French politicians, and placed alongside them quite a number of French thinkers.
- Here's a rogues' gallery of the wealthiest villains - the kind of filthy rich reprobates you're not likely to see popping up in the annual rich lists.
- Video explorations of completed buildings are on display here and the office personnel is represented by a rogues' gallery of mug-shots stretching all along one wall.
- Like any heroes worthy of the prefix ‘super,’ the Powerpuff Girls face a worthy rogues' gallery of villains.
- There are three superficial similarities - the Christmas setting, a rogues' gallery of characters, and the presence oft his actor - but the films are radically different in tone, intent, and storyline.
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