malice

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 măl'ĭs

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune. uncountable,usually
    — Your voice positively drips malice.
  2. An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter. uncountable,usually
    — The question that would have been before the jury was whether Fox committed “actual malice” in airing the claims. That required Dominion to show whether key decision makers were aware the claims were false or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.
动词 v.
  1. To intend to cause harm; to bear malice.
    — Thou blinded God (quod I) forgive me this offence, / Unwittingly I went about, to malice thy pretence.

词形变化

malices plural malices present,singular,third-person malicing participle,present maliced participle,past maliced past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”).
词源 2
From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”).
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