malice ['mæl.ɪs] noun uncountable ■the wish to harm or upset other people 恶意,害人之心•There certainly wasn't any malice in her comments.她的话绝对没有任何恶意。 •formal I bear him no malice (= do not want to harm or upset him).我对他没有恶意。 with malice aforethought legal ■To illegally harm someone with malice aforethought is to have thought about it and planned it before acting. 蓄意犯罪;蓄意伤人 |