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词汇 malign
释义 malign
adjective
 formaluk /məˈlaɪn/ us /məˈlaɪn/
causing or intending to cause harm or evil: 恶意的;邪恶的;有害的
Foreign domination had a malign influence on local politics.外国统治对当地政治造成了有害的影响。
She describes pornography as "a malign industry".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
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanly
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
trenchancy
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably

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malignity
malign
verb[ Toften passive ]
uk /məˈlaɪn/ us /məˈlaɪn/
to say false and unpleasant things about someone, or to criticize someone unfairly: 诽谤,污蔑,中伤
She has recently been maligned in the gossip columns of several newspapers.她最近受到几家报纸漫谈专栏的污蔑。
Much-maligned for their derivative style, the band is nevertheless enduringly popular.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
defamatory
defame
demonize
dog
drag someone's name through the mire/mudidiom
hatchet job
scurrility
scurrilous
scurrilously
self-immolation
show someone in a bad lightidiom
slur
smear
tarnish

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Disapproving & criticizing

malign | American Dictionary


malign
verb[ T ]
us/məˈlɑɪn/
to say things about someone or something that are harmful and usually not true:
He said he had been unfairly maligned by a few board members who wanted him fired.

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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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