单词 | malevolent |
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音标 | [mə'levələnt] |
解释 | a.有恶意的,恶毒的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 有恶意的,恶毒的(sh owing ill will;malicious) 【记】 male(恶)+vol(意念)+ ent→恶意的 【同】 同根词:benevolent( 好意的); volition(决择,决定) 【例】 The dictator pursued his malevolent plan. |
字源 | malevolent (adj.) c.1500, from Middle French malivolent and directly from Latin malevolentem (nominative malevolens) "ill-disposed, spiteful, envious," from male "badly" (see mal-) + volentem (nominative volens), present participle of velle "to wish" (see will (v.)). Related: Malevolently. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】male 坏,邪 + volent will 【相关】benevolent 慈善的,仁慈的 |
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