arch-villain
noun [ C ] uk/ˌɑːtʃˈvɪl.ən/ us/ˌɑːrtʃˈvɪl.ən/
超级反派，大魔头
an especially bad villain (= an evil character in a story, film, etc.)
Christopher Reeve as Superman was awesome in his showdown with the arch-villain Lex Luthor. 克里斯托弗·里夫饰演的超人在跟大魔头莱克斯·卢瑟的对决中表现神勇。
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- The book's arch-villain, billionaire Nicolas Creel, explains: "I didn't bring you here for a lecture. I brought you here to die."
- Arthur Conan Doyle described his arch-villain Moriarty as 'the Napoleon of crime'.
- Kate Millett castigated him as the arch-villain chauvinist in her 1970 feminist polemic, Sexual Politics.
- The politician can be seen as the arch-villain of the piece.