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malign

verb

🔊/məˈlaɪn/

🔊/məˈlaɪn/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they malign	🔊/məˈlaɪn/ 🔊/məˈlaɪn/
he / she / it maligns	🔊/məˈlaɪnz/ 🔊/məˈlaɪnz/
past simple maligned	🔊/məˈlaɪnd/ 🔊/məˈlaɪnd/
past participle maligned	🔊/məˈlaɪnd/ 🔊/məˈlaɪnd/
-ing form maligning	🔊/məˈlaɪnɪŋ/ 🔊/məˈlaɪnɪŋ/

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malign somebody/something to say bad things about somebody/something publicly（公开地）诽谤，毁谤，中伤 synonym slander
- She feels she has been much maligned by the press.她觉得她遭到了新闻界的恣意诽谤。🔊🔊
- Those who malign him in this way are simply being dishonest.那些以这种方式使他恶心的人只是不诚实。
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Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French maligne (adjective), malignier (verb), based on Latin malignus ‘tending to evil’, from malus ‘bad’.

malign

adjective

🔊/məˈlaɪn/

🔊/məˈlaɪn/

[usually before noun] (formal)

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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
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Malign is used with these nouns:
influence
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Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French maligne (adjective), malignier (verb), based on Latin malignus ‘tending to evil’, from malus ‘bad’.