[VERB 动词]诽谤;中伤;污蔑 If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it...
回头想想,我们狠狠地中伤了他。
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。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有害的;不良的 If something is malign, it causes harm.
[ADJ n]
[FORMAL 正式]
...the malign influence jealousy had on their lives...
妒忌给他们的生活造成的恶劣影响
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。
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See also:
much-maligned
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Oxford
ma·lign/məˈlaɪn; NAmEməˈlaɪn/
verb
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adjective
malignmalignsmalignedmaligningverbmalignsb/sth ( formal) to say bad things about sb/sth publicly (公开地)诽谤,毁谤,中伤SYN
slander
◆She feels she has been much malignedby the press. 她觉得她遭到了新闻界的恣意诽谤。adjective[usually before noun ]( formal) causing harm 有害的;引起伤害的◆a malign force/influence/effect有害的势力╱影响╱作用☞compare
benign
(2 )ma·lign/məˈlaɪn; NAmEməˈlaɪn/
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malign1 verb
malign2 adjective
malignma‧lign1 /məˈlaɪn/ verb [transitive]
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to say unpleasant things about someone that are untrueSYN slander: She had seen herself repeatedly maligned in the newspapers. a much maligned politicianGRAMMARMalign is usually passive.
malign1 verb
malign2 adjective
malignmalign2 adjective formal
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harmfulOPP benign: a malign influence
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