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

• 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。
• Don't malign an innocent person.
  不要诋毁一个清白的人。
• Objective To know risk factors of malign blood system disease.
  目的了解恶性血液病患者发病的危险因素。
• When they malign each other, their knowledge and training are employed to play their role in assaulting others.
  他们互相攻击诋毁时，其丰富的知识训练，正成为他们争斗的有利工具。
• 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。
• Foreign domination had a malign influence on local politics.
  外国统治埘当地政治产生了不照影响。
• You malign a generous person when you call him a stingy person.
  当你说一个慷慨的人吝啬时，你就是在诋毁他。
• 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。
• We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it
  回头想想，我们狠狠地中伤了他。
• 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。