a desire to harm somebody caused by a feeling of hate 惡意；怨恨 She is entirely without malice. 她完全沒有惡意。 - out of malice
He sent the letter out of malice. 他出於惡意寄出了這封信。 He certainly bears you no malice (= does not want to harm you). 他對你一定不會有什麽惡意。 The ghosts are described as if they bear actual malice towards humans. 這些鬼魂被描述成對人類懷有真正的惡意。
Extra ExamplesShe felt no malice. 她並不怨憤。 She fired him out of sheer malice. 她解僱他純粹出於惡意。 Paul had told him about it with a hint of malice. 保羅帶着一絲惡意告訴了他這件事。
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 （謀殺罪）有惡意預謀