villain of the piece

英 [ˈvɪlən ɒv ðə piːs]

美 [ˈvɪlən əv ðə piːs]

【法】剧中的反面人物，首恶者，为害者

If Mr Denny is indeed the villain of the piece, as the police claim he is, he should have been more carefully watched.
如果丹尼先生真像警察说的那样是犯罪元凶，就应该对其进行更加严密的监视。
When the minister was forced to resign, the press was generally seen as the villain of the piece.
那位部长被迫辞职，一般认为新闻界是“肇事的首恶”。
The biggest villain of the piece is the financial academic establishment.
书中最大的恶棍是金融学术界。
They have charged two men with stealing metal from the stores but the real villain of the piece is the person they sold it to.
他们指控两人从仓库盗窃金属制品，不过真正的罪恶者是收购他们东西的人。
A faulty fuse was the villain of the piece.
毛病就出在保险丝上。
Kamal Nath, the Indian commerce minister, was, meanwhile, portrayed as the villain of the piece.
与此同时，印度工商部长卡迈勒纳特（kamalnath）也被描述成了“祸根”。
Mayor White was increasingly cast as the villain of the piece.
怀特市长这个角色愈来愈多地被扮演为反面角色。
Under the background of the economic globalization, the Confucian ethics can be either the villain of the piece as a caution or the original pushing force to support the modernization in China.
在经济全球化语境下，儒家伦理既有作为反面教材的警示功能又有为现代化提供动力支持的根源性优势之精神动源作用。