baleful

• adj. 恶意的；有害的

bale, 伤害，词源可能同kill. -ful, 形容词后缀。

baleful (adj.)

Old English bealu-full "dire, wicked, cruel," with -ful + bealu "harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing," from Proto-Germanic *balwom (cognates: 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." During Anglo-Saxon times, the noun was in poetic use only (in compounds such as bealubenn "mortal wound," bealuðonc "evil thought"), and for long baleful has belonged exclusively to poets. Related: Balefully.

1. He turned his baleful glare on the cowering suspect.

他恶毒地盯着那个蜷缩成一团的嫌疑犯.

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2. The robber gave me a baleful look.

那强盗用威胁的眼光看着我.

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3. He remembered the general's pale baleful eyes staring at him blankly, and then the inexplicable wink.

他还记得当时将军那一对透着凶光的淡淡的眼睛先是愣愣地对他瞅半晌, 而后忽然向他丢了个高深莫测的眼色.

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4. Clearly, more and more baleful attack are come from lawful calculable website.

显而易见, 越来越多的恶意攻击源自合法可信赖的网站.

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5. The Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look.

佛罗里达鹰长得凶猛邪恶.

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