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单词 malign
释义
malign
adjective
formal
uk
/məˈlaɪn/us
/məˈlaɪn/
causingorintendingtocauseharmorevil:
恶意的；邪恶的；有害的
Foreigndominationhad a maligninfluenceonlocalpolitics.外国统治对当地政治造成了有害的影响。
Shedescribespornographyas "a malignindustry".她将色情业描述为“邪恶的产业”。
Synonyms
evil
maleficentformal
malicious
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
  • acerbic
  • acerbity
  • acidly
  • anti-cruelty
  • anti-humanitarian
  • cruelty
  • cutthroat
  • fiendish
  • fiendishness
  • hard-hearted
  • nastily
  • nastiness
  • nasty
  • pitiless
  • pitilessly
  • uncharitably
  • unchristian
  • uncompassionate
  • unfeeling
  • ungenerous
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malignity
malign
verb[Toften passive]
uk
/məˈlaɪn/us
/məˈlaɪn/
to sayfalseandunpleasantthings about someone, or tocriticizesomeoneunfairly:
诽谤，污蔑，中伤
She hasrecentlybeen maligned in thegossipcolumnsof severalnewspapers.她最近受到几家报纸漫谈专栏的污蔑。
Much-maligned fortheirderivativestyle, thebandisneverthelessenduringlypopular.尽管屡屡被指责剽窃他人的风格，这支乐队仍一直广受欢迎。
Synonyms
criticize
traduceformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging reputation
  • anti-defamation
  • aspersion
  • besmirch
  • black mark
  • blacken
  • blot
  • demonize
  • dog
  • dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
  • give a dog a bad nameidiom
  • hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
  • poison
  • self-immolation
  • show someone in a bad lightidiom
  • slander
  • slanderer
  • slanderous
  • smear
  • stab
  • stain
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Disapproving & criticizing
(Definition ofmalignfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

malign| American Dictionary

malign
verb[T]
us
/məˈlɑɪn/
to say things about someone or something that areharmfuland usually nottrue:
He said he had beenunfairlymaligned by a fewboardmemberswhowantedhimfired.
(Definition ofmalignfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In many respects the railways run an excellent service and are much maligned.
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Privatisation has been much attacked, maligned and misrepresented.
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I am not going to say that he has maligned the workers, for he has admitted that it was the minority to whom he referred.
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The boards have been somewhat maligned in some of our debates so far.
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I think that the area cost adjustment is much maligned and fully justified.
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We have travelled the road of peace with him, maligned and attacked from many quarters.
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He was much maligned when it was suggested that he was instrumental in closing down the industry.
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He said he was not going to stand slandering and maligning of the workers.
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The commissioner will also give proper protection to the innocent, who can be too easily maligned and smeared in the press without adequate recourse.
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The so-called no-fault concept, which is much maligned by opponents of change, is nothing new and is welcome.
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Although we have on occation been maligned, our record in legislation and the changes which we have made in society has been outstanding.
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You have those companies at work at the present day, and you have also that very much maligned person the speculative builder.
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They are very disappointed that he should be so maligned.
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One of the greatest statesmen that this country has ever seen had his character maligned after his death by an unknown, malicious pressman.
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Now we cannot but feel that we have been maligned in such a way that much of our good work has been undone.
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