- 1惡意的、存心傷害的
If someone is malicious, they are on purpose. They mean to upset or hurt another person; it is not just a bad mood or a joke. It is stronger than mean or rude, because the wish to harm is there. You hear it about people, comments, , and lies. Though actually, adults also use it in law and with computers: malicious software is made to damage a machine or steal information; a malicious act in court is one done with intent to harm. The word feels serious and a little formal — news, school reports, careful talk — more than playground chat. Older writing used other native words for the same idea; this is the one English kept.
From the word’s history
From Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia, from malus 'bad'.
源自古法文 malicios，最早來自拉丁文 malus「壞的」。
組成From Latin malus “bad,” through malice; by the look of the English word, malice + -ious (full of malice).
同家族的字
- malicethe noun: the wish to hurt
- maliciouslythe adverb: doing something in this unkind, planned way
- maliciousnessa noun for the quality of being malicious
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
maliciousadj/məˈlɪʃəs/
- 1
Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
- And novv, if you are a Malitious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。