Word · Frequency #22114
maligning
诽谤；中伤
maligning is the present participle of malign.
核心释义
to say false and harmful things about someone; to slander
- 1.
对...作诽谤性陈述；中伤或诋毁。
To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
- 2.
说坏话
speak unfavorably about
对...作诽谤性陈述；中伤或诋毁。；说坏话；诽谤
用法In use
She felt that her reputation had been maligned by the false rumors.
用法提示：malign 用作被动语态，表示‘被诽谤’
The politician constantly maligned his opponents during the debate.
用法提示：malign 用作及物动词，后接宾语‘his opponents’
It is unfair to malign someone based on hearsay.
用法提示：malign 用作动词不定式，表示‘诽谤’的动作
malign sb/sth
malign 是正式用语，意为“诽谤、中伤”，宾语常为人或组织。
The newspaper maligned the politician in its editorial.
该报纸在社论中诽谤了这位政客。
be maligned by sb/sth
被动语态 be maligned 很常见，表示“受到诋毁”，语气比主动形式更委婉。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- malign someone's character
- 诋毁某人的品格
- The article maligned the actor's character without any evidence.这篇文章毫无根据地诋毁了这位演员的品格。
- malign an opponent
- 中伤对手
- He was accused of trying to malign his political opponent.他被指控试图中伤其政治对手。
- malign someone's motives
- 诋毁某人的动机
- Critics maligned her motives for donating the money.批评者诋毁她捐款的动机。
- publicly malign
- 公开诋毁
- The company publicly maligned its former CEO in a press release.该公司在一份新闻稿中公开诋毁其前首席执行官。
- malign a rival
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
malign 词尾 lign 读音同 line（线），把恶语编成一条线去中伤别人。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式演讲、政论或新闻评论 该词较为正式，多用于书面语或正式场合，表示恶意中伤或诋毁，日常口语中较少使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于及物结构，后接被诽谤的人或事物。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 malign 都以 /aɪn/ 结尾押韵；其中 align、benign、design、assign、sign 的字母组合 -ign 通常读作 /aɪn/（g 不发音）。注意：malignant /məˈlɪɡnənt/ 虽以 malign 开头，但其中 g 发音，读作 /lɪɡn/，与 malign 不同。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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