baleful
baleful 英 [ˈbeɪlfl] 美 [ˈbelfəl]
adj. 恶意的；有害的
- Baleful means the foreshadowing of tragic or evil events. If no one's listening in class and your teacher reprimands you with a baleful glance, expect a pop quiz.
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- adj. 恶意的；有害的
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1. He now thinks this influence was baleful.
他现在认为这种影响是有害的。
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2. The instrument of Disney's baleful global influence is U.S. copyright policy, over which the entertainment goliath holds considerable sway.
迪士尼恶意影响全球经济的工具就是美国的版权政策--对于娱乐业巨头的产权保护起到了不可忽视的作用。
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3. Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often exert a baleful influence in later life.
无知且自私的教师对学生的羞辱和精神压迫，对年轻的心灵造成的破坏，无法消解，且常常对学生的将来产生恶劣影响。
- baleful (adj.) Old English bealufull "dire, wicked, cruel," with -ful + bealu "harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing," from Proto-Germanic *balwom (source also of Old Saxon balu, Old Frisian balu "evil," Old High German balo "destruction," Old Norse bol, Gothic balwjan "to torment"), from PIE root *bhelu- "to harm."
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