a desire to harm somebody caused by a feeling of hate 恶意；怨恨 She is entirely without malice. 她完全没有恶意。 - out of malice
He sent the letter out of malice. 他出于恶意寄出了这封信。 He certainly bears you no malice (= does not want to harm you). 他对你一定不会有什么恶意。 The ghosts are described as if they bear actual malice towards humans. 这些鬼魂被描述成对人类怀有真正的恶意。
Extra ExamplesShe felt no malice. 她并不怨愤。 She fired him out of sheer malice. 她解雇他纯粹出于恶意。 Paul had told him about it with a hint of malice. 保罗带着一丝恶意告诉了他这件事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- actual
- bear (somebody)
- hold
- out of malice
- with malice
- without malice
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus ‘bad’.
Idioms
with malice aforethought
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law 法律 with the deliberate intention of committing a crime or harming somebody （谋杀罪）有恶意预谋