early 13c., from Old French malicios "showing ill will, spiteful, wicked" (Modern French malicieux), from Latin malitiosus "wicked, malicious," from malitia "badness, ill will, spite," from malus "bad" (see mal-). In legal use (early 14c., Anglo-French), it means "characterized by malice prepense."
雙語例句
1. It was both deliberate and malicious, not to mention clever.
這件事是處心積慮、早有預(yù)謀的，更不用說其手段的高明。
來自柯林斯例句
2. That might merely have been malicious gossip.
那也許僅僅是些不懷好意的流言蜚語罷了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. You ought to kick back at such malicious slander.
你應(yīng)當(dāng)反擊這種惡毒的污蔑.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He was held on remand, charged with causing malicious damage to property.