英:[ˌmælɪ'dɪkʃən]
美:[ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃən]
英:[ˌmælɪ'dɪkʃən]
美:[ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃən]
mal·e·dic·tion
mae lih dIk shn
maledictive (adj.), maledictory (adj.)
noun
the expression of a wish that evil or harm come to someone; curse.She hurled one last malediction at him before she slammed the door and walked out of his life.In the story, the witch's malediction turned the handsome prince into a terrifying beast.
slander; defamation.
15世纪中期, malediccion,“诅咒; 谴责,逐出教会”,源自古法语 maledicion “诅咒”(15世纪),直接源自拉丁语 maledictionem(主格 maledictio)“说恶言,诽谤”,在晚期拉丁语中意为“诅咒”,是 maledicere 的动名词,该词源自 male “恶劣的”(参见 mal-)和 dicere “说”(源自 PIE 词根 *deik- “展示”,也表示“庄严宣布”)。到了1530年代,该词的意思变为“说恶言,诅咒,辱骂”。
Middle English malediccioun, from Late Latin malediction-, maledictio, from maledicere to curse, from Latin, to speak evil of, from male badly + dicere to speak, say — more at mal-, diction
The first known use of malediction was in the 14th century
maledictionnoun
a prayer for harm to come to someone : curse
maledictionnoun
a prayer for harm to come to someone : curse
1 As Stapylton lay back in his carriage, he could not help muttering a malediction on the "dear friend" he had just parted with.
2 Perhaps because Nasreen's presence in the narrative is a disembodied one, we experience her as a kind of evil spirit in the online ether, a curiously spectral source of malediction and misfortune.
3 That's a comfortable litany to part with—a form of blessing elevated so neatly, at the close, into a malediction.
4 But what team ever had to cope with maledictions from the sacred ground it deserted as well as the pastoral site it occupied a full continent away?
5 I heard the people's malediction against him.
我听到人们对他的咒骂。
6 At the least, she felt that here she could, when her time came, die without a malediction on her lips.
7 With a vengeance are these curses and maledictions tender!
8 It was less a speech than a sermon, as Reagan himself understood—a malediction against the evils of income taxes, federal spending, central planning, godless Communism, and government controls on commerce and freedom.
9 But perhaps the malediction presently heaped upon them will give them pause in the future.
10 Ruy Lopez continued, in a jargon of Spanish and Latin, to fulminate anathemas, maledictions, and threats of excommunication, which, at that time, had such influence upon the mass of the people.
11 Is he suffering from an Alzheimeresque affliction, Makes him wallow in malevolent malediction, Spewing folderol and extrajudicial fiction?
12 A certain liberal white farmer (but the word liberal is a malediction) on Liberation called his workforce to him.
13 Heavy is the virgins’ malediction; When they sigh, their sighs reach God’s high presence; When they curse, the world begins to tremble; When they weep, even God is touch’d with pity.”
14 For every man who tried to rub her head, there were three who muttered maledictions under their breath when she went by.
15 Its record has amounted to an archaeological dig of maledictions and malefactions.
16 Shakespeare's remains were guarded by a malediction.
莎士比亚的遗骸被诅咒给守护著.
17 the two old women began casting aspersions and heaping maledictions upon one another
18 I exclaimed exultingly, in reply to the maledictions he showered on us.
19 For a long time, the Giants seemed haunted by some malediction from their departure from New York.
20 As boats against a running tide the tug triumphant tows, So let my malediction strong still lead thee by the nose.
1 咒语
abracadabra medicine spell curse rune invocation profanity anathema incantation conjuration makutu Indian sign
2 诬蔑
calumniatory calumnious slur calumny aspersion calumniation missay detract vilipend malign vilify calumniate asperse mud slinging
3 诽谤
defamatory scandalous libelous slanderous detractive blasphemously injury personality scandal smear defamation slander name-calling vilification calumny aspersion aspersions detraction obloquy backbiting dispraise revilement roorbach detract backbite belibel libel malign vilify blacken blaspheme traduce calumniate asperse derogatory libellous slur trash denigrate defame bespatter rot snipe spatter cast stones speak evil of throw stones calumniatory injurious invective calumnious decrial evil venom calumniation malison reflect revile scandalize detractory abuse sklent infamize deprave cast nasturtiums
4 咒骂
oath invective swear execrate imprecatory ban damn curse anathema cuss imprecation bless blast blaspheme cuss out damnation cursing execration fling vituperate shrew speak daggers to
5 诅咒
cottonpickin' imprecatory cursely wanion damn curse oath swearing anathema cuss imprecation execration swearword tarnation malison comminate blow ban bother anathematize swear execrate profanity commination charm doggone French bless blast invective bugger damnation whammy rat rabbit imprecate maledict backward blessing plague damning cursing drat sugar blame devote beshrew
7 中伤
scandalous injurious invidious sycophantic backstairs calumny mud scandal smear mayhem slur muck defamation libel name-calling vilification aspersion sycophancy schmear reflect blacken hack belie malign vilify defame scandalize traduce calumniate asperse a stab in the back whistle down the wind breathe on