malice male
A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.
Law. The intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another
n. 恶意,怨恨,敌意,恶毒;【法律】蓄意犯罪(或害人),预谋
例句:
He had no malice toward anyone.
他对任何人都没有敌意。
malign ig-ag-act mal+i+gn-gen gene
词汇起源
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: malignier 'to do evil, deceive', from Late Latin malignari, from Latin malignus; MALIGN2]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: maligne, from Latin malignus, from male 'badly' + gigni 'to be born']
To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about; speak evil of.
Evil in disposition, nature, or intent.
Evil in influence; injurious.
Having or showing malice or ill will; malevolent.
vt. 诽谤,污蔑;中伤,说坏话
adj. 恶意的,恶性的;有害的
例句:
This politician has been maligned by the newspapers.
这位政治家被报纸中伤。
She gave him a malign look.
她恶狠狠地瞪了他一眼。
malignant
Showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil.
Highly injurious; pernicious.
Pathology. Threatening to life; virulent: a malignant disease. Tending to metastasize; cancerous. Used of a tumor.
adj. [医] 恶性的;有害的;有恶意的
词组短语:
malignant tumor [医]恶性肿瘤
例句:
This is a kind of very malignant tumor.
这是一种很恶性的肿瘤。
dismal diary days-dis
词汇起源
[13]Etymologically, dismal means ‘bad day’. It comes, via Anglo-Norman dis mal, from Latin diēs malī, literally ‘evil days’, a term used to denote the two days in each month which according to ancient superstition were supposed to be unlucky.
Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
adj. 凄凉的,忧郁的;阴沉的,沉闷的
例句:
She works in a dismal little room in the attic.
她在阁楼上的一间阴暗的小房间里工作。
malaria ar-air
An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium in red blood cells, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.
Archaic. Bad or foul air; miasma.
n. [内科] 疟疾;瘴气