| 单词 | malign |
| 释义 | malign (məlaɪn ) Word forms: maligns , maligning , maligned 1. verb If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them. [formal] We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it. [VERB noun] Either the managers have been maligned or they are not telling the truth. [VERB noun] Synonyms: disparage, abuse, run down, libel 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If something is malign, it causes harm. [formal] ...the malign influence jealousy had on their lives. Reliance on sponsorship can have a malign effect on theatre groups. Synonyms: evil, bad, destructive, harmful 3. See also much-maligned Collocations: malign influence Take into account any malign influence the weakness of one big player in a sector often has on the rest. Times, Sunday Times (2012) And did that essay exercise a malign influence in subsequent centuries? Times, Sunday Times (2014) One wonders what, if anything, can and should be done to counteract this possibly malign influence on future generations. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Because in recent weeks, this picture of malign neglect in the realm of energy policy has been changing. Times, Sunday Times Last time round, the regulators were at fault for failing to spot the looming crisis — a malign neglect, as it were. Times, Sunday Times It offers the ultimate 'malign neglect' theory. The Times Literary Supplement If they ignore the insurgents, they will be punished at the polls and accused of ignoring the travails of ordinary people - call it the 'malign neglect' charge. The Times Literary Supplement He referred to this lack of controls as malign neglect and argued that regulation should have been imposed on all banking-like activity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 诽谤 Japanese: 中傷する |
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