maleficence
[mə'lefisəns]
- n. 罪行；恶毒
英英释意
- 1. doing or causing evil
- 2. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
英文词源
- maleficence (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French maleficence or directly from Latin maleficentia "evildoing, mischievousness, injury," from maleficus "wicked" (see malefic). Now largely displaced by malfeasance.