mal-

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mal-

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mal- /mæl/ prefix XXbad or badly 坏，不良 a malformed limb (=wrongly shaped) 畸形的肢体 The children had been maltreated (=treated cruelly). 这些孩子受到了虐待。

Examples from the Corpus

mal-• a computer malfunction• a malodorous roomOrigin mal- Old French mal “bad”, from Latin malus

mal- prefixChinese

Corpus bad or badly

mal-
mal- /mæl/

prefix

Language: Old French
Origin: mal 'bad', from Latin malus

bad or badly:

a malformed limb (=wrongly shaped)

The children had been maltreated (=treated cruelly).

mal-

BrE

/mæl/

NAmE

/mæl/

combining form

(in nouns, verbs and adjectives 构成名词、动词和形容词)

bad or badly; not correct or correctly 糟糕；坏；错误

◆malpractice玩忽职守

◆malodorous有恶臭的

◆malfunction故障