为非作歹的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
do/wrong/do/evil
to commit crimes and do evil things

[解释]
歹：坏事。做种种坏事。

[Explanation]
to do evil things

[例子]
父亲严厉地对儿子说：“如果你再为非作歹，我就把你赶出家门。”

[Example]
The father said to his son sternly,

Carry on misdeeds
为非作歹

He has committed many towering crimes.
他为非作歹，罪恶滔天。

He was a local despot, who committed all kinds of crimes.
他独霸一方，为非作歹。

Hard work is the best antidote to mischief
繁忙的工作是防止为非作歹的最好方法。

After years of dishonest activity the man was finally brought to book and jailed
为非作歹多年后，那人终于被迫供认罪状并被监狱。

By this time he must have been swallowed by the dogfish who for several days has been playing havoc in these waters
到现在他一定给鲨鱼吃掉了好几天了，那条鲨鱼在这一带一直在为非作歹呢。

Aldermen Sweater told grinder that starvation was no excuse for dishonesty
参议员斯韦特先生和格林德先生说，饥饿不能作为为非作歹的借口。

They were in the habit of turning out by torchlight, two or three nights in the week, for unlawful purposes
他们每星期总得有两三个晚上，点着火把出去为非作歹。

The part of me that was Jekyll knew all about Hyde and wanted him to go on having his adventures, evil though they were.
我作为杰基尔的那个自我对海德完全了解，要他继续冒险活动，哪怕是为非作歹。

the literal meaning of ponder is

It was almost literally an echo , in fact.
差不多就是真正的“回声”。

This sentence can not be literally rendered.
这个句子不能直译。

That was a mean trick!
那是卑鄙的诡计！

A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.
修饰语除了加强修饰词的意思之外没有实际意义。

get money by dishonest means
非法赚钱, 得不义之财

Evidently you are in the wrong.
这分明是你的错。

He is wrong by moral standards.
按道德规范，他错了。

The parcel was directed to the wrong address.
这邮包被寄错了。