英语释义

1. desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
an attack motivated by pure malice

2. intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse
ruined her reputation and did it with malice

3. a desire to cause harm to another person

4. the intention or desire to cause harm (as death, bodily injury, or property damage) to another through an unlawful or wrongful act without justification or excuse

5. wanton disregard for the rights of others or for the value of human life

6. an improper or evil motive or purpose
if malice cannot be proved or a benign purpose can be imagined
— David Kairys

7. actual malice in this entry — actual malice 1 malice proved by evidence to exist or have existed in one that inflicts unjustified harm on another: as

8. an intent to injure or kill

9. malice sense 2 — called also express malice, malice in fact

10. the knowledge that defamatory statements especially regarding a public figure are false

11. reckless disregard of the truth — see also public figure, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

12. malice inferred from the nature or consequences of a harmful act done without justification or excuse also malice inferred from subjective awareness of duty or of the likely results of one's act — called also legal malice, malice in law

13. actual or implied malice existing in or attributed to the intention of one that injures or especially kills without justification or excuse and usually requiring some degree of deliberation or premeditation or wanton disregard for life
murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought
— California Penal Code

14. actual malice in this entry

15. implied malice in this entry

16. feelings of ill will, spite, or revenge Note: Such feelings are usually not an important component of malice in legal consideration unless punitive damages or actual malice is an issue.

英汉例句

• the application of actual malice rule of the american laws—the …

  美国法上真正恶意原则之继受。

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