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."
双语例句
1. It was both deliberate and malicious, not to mention clever.
这件事是处心积虑、早有预谋的，更不用说其手段的高明。
来自柯林斯例句
2. That might merely have been malicious gossip.
那也许仅仅是些不怀好意的流言蜚语罢了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. You ought to kick back at such malicious slander.
你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He was held on remand, charged with causing malicious damage to property.
