malice male
A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.
Law. The intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another
n. 惡意，怨恨，敵意，惡毒;【法律】蓄意犯罪(或害人)，預(yù)謀

例句：
He had no malice toward anyone.
他對任何人都沒有敵意。

malign ig-ag-act mal+i+gn-gen gene

詞匯起源
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: malignier 'to do evil, deceive', from Late Latin malignari, from Latin malignus; MALIGN2]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: maligne, from Latin malignus, from male 'badly' + gigni 'to be born']

To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about; speak evil of.
Evil in disposition, nature, or intent.
Evil in influence; injurious.
Having or showing malice or ill will; malevolent.
vt. 誹謗，污蔑；中傷，說壞話
adj. 惡意的，惡性的；有害的

例句：
This politician has been maligned by the newspapers.
這位政治家被報紙中傷。
She gave him a malign look.
她惡狠狠地瞪了他一眼。

malignant
Showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil.
Highly injurious; pernicious.
Pathology. Threatening to life; virulent: a malignant disease. Tending to metastasize; cancerous. Used of a tumor.
adj. [醫(yī)] 惡性的；有害的；有惡意的

詞組短語：
malignant tumor [醫(yī)]惡性腫瘤

例句：
This is a kind of very malignant tumor.
這是一種很惡性的腫瘤。

dismal diary days-dis

詞匯起源
[13]Etymologically, dismal means ‘bad day’. It comes, via Anglo-Norman dis mal, from Latin diēs malī, literally ‘evil days’, a term used to denote the two days in each month which according to ancient superstition were supposed to be unlucky.

Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
adj. 凄涼的，憂郁的；陰沉的，沉悶的

例句:
She works in a dismal little room in the attic.
她在閣樓上的一間陰暗的小房間里工作。

malaria ar-air
An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium in red blood cells, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.
Archaic. Bad or foul air; miasma.
n. [內(nèi)科] 瘧疾；瘴氣