malign

英 [məˈlaɪn]

美 [məˈlaɪn]

v.  (公开地)诽谤，毁谤，中伤
adj.  有害的; 引起伤害的

过去分词：maligned　过去式：maligned　现在分词：maligning　第三人称单数：maligns　

考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.22114 / COCA.19612

牛津词典

verb

• （公开地）诽谤，毁谤，中伤
  to say bad things about sb/sth publicly
  1. She feels she has been much maligned by the press.
     她觉得她遭到了新闻界的恣意诽谤。

adj.

• 有害的；引起伤害的
  causing harm
  1. a malign force/influence/effect
     有害的势力 / 影响 / 作用

柯林斯词典

• VERB 诽谤;中伤;污蔑
  If youmalignsomeone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them.
  1. We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it...
     回头想想，我们狠狠地中伤了他。
  2. Either the managers have been maligned or they are not telling the truth.
     要么是经理们受到了污蔑，要么就是他们在撒谎。
• ADJ-GRADED 有害的;不良的
  If something ismalign, it causes harm.
  1. ...the malign influence jealousy had on their lives...
     妒忌给他们的生活造成的恶劣影响
  2. Reliance on sponsorship can have a malign effect on theatre groups.
     对赞助的依赖会给剧团带来不良的影响。
• See also:much-maligned

英英释义

verb

• speak unfavorably about
  1. She badmouths her husband everywhere
  Synonym:badmouthtraducedrag through the mud

adj

• having or exerting a malignant influence
  1. malevolent stars
  2. a malefic force
  Synonym:maleficmalevolentevil
• evil or harmful in nature or influence
  1. prompted by malign motives
  2. believed in witches and malign spirits
  3. gave him a malign look
  4. a malign lesion

双语例句

• If every step of the process worked perfectly, this would be the least malign scenario.
  如果这一过程的每一步都完美实施，这将是最没有害处的方案。
• Malign intervention can pollute and kill.
  恶意的干涉会造成污染，杀人害命。
• Your behaviours exercised a malign influence on the children.
  你的行为对孩子们产生了不良的影响。
• This formed a kind of malign competition that does not have conqueror actually.
  这实际上形成了一种没有胜利者的恶性竞争。
• Either the managers have been maligned or they are not telling the truth.
  要么是经理们受到了污蔑，要么就是他们在撒谎。
• According to the report, the major causes of death in Beijing are cerebrovascular disease, heart disease, malign tumors and respiratory diseases.
  根据报道，北京主要的死亡的原因有脑血管疾病，心脏病，恶性肿瘤以及呼吸系统疾病。
• She likes to malign innocent persons.
  她爱诋毁那些清白的人。
• Malign spirits and Demons persuade the characters to betray each other.
  邪恶的精灵和魔鬼劝说人物相互背叛。
• All of these developments are open to both benign and malign interpretations.
  所有这些进展都有正反两方面的解读。
• If the crises in Greece and Italy tell us anything, it is that the European Union has tolerated widespread corruption, criminality and malign governance not just in supplicants from eastern Europe but in some of its core western European members.
  如果说希腊和意大利的危机给了我们什么启示的话，那就是欧盟（EU）放任了大面积的腐败、犯罪和治理不当，不但东欧的求援国如此，一些西欧的核心成员国亦是如此。