malice
noun /ˈmælɪs/
/ˈmælɪs/
[uncountable]Idioms - a desire to harm somebody caused by a feeling of hate
恶意；怨恨 - She is entirely without malice.
她完全没有恶意。 - out of malice He sent the letter out of malice.
他出于恶意寄出了这封信。 - He certainly bears you no malice (= does not want to harm you).
他对你一定不会有什么恶意。 - The ghosts are described as if they bear actual malice towards humans.
这些鬼魂被描述成对人类怀有真正的恶意。
- She felt no malice.
她并不怨愤。 - She fired him out of sheer malice.
她解雇他纯粹出于恶意。 - Paul had told him about it with a hint of malice.
保罗带着一丝恶意告诉了他这件事。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- actual
- bear (somebody)
- hold
- out of malice
- with malice
- without malice
- …
词源Middle English: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus ‘bad’. - She is entirely without malice.
Idioms
with malice aforethought
- (law
法律 （谋杀罪）有恶意预谋