magnate N. /富豪，要人;突出的人物，XX大王/person of prominence or influence. Growing up in Pittsburgh, Annie Dillard
was surrounded by the mansions of the great steel and coal magnates who set their mark on that city.
magnitude N. /巨大的，大数量级的/ greatness; extent. It is difficult to comprehend the magnitude of his crime. maim V. /伤害/mutilate; injure. The hospital could not take care of all who had been wounded or maimed in the
railroad accident.
maladroit ADJ. /搞砸的;笨拙的/clumsy; bungling. How maladroit it was of me to mention seeing you out partying last
night! From the look on his face, I take it that your boyfriend thought you were otherwise occupied.
malady N. / 疾病/illness. A mysterious malady swept the country, filling doctors' offices with feverish, purple-spotted
patients.
malaise N. /不适，欠佳/uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health. Feeling slightly queasy before going onstage, Carol
realized that this touch of malaise was merely stage fright.
malapropism N. /可笑的用词错误/comic misuse of a word. When Mrs. Malaprop accuses Lydia of being "as
headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile," she confuses "allegory" and "alligator" in a typical malapropism.
malcontent N. /不满的;不满现状的/person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs. One of the few malcontents in
Congress, he constantly voiced his objections to the presidential program. also ADJ.
malediction N. /诅咒/curse. When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried
out in rage and uttered dreadful maledictions.
malefactor N. /犯罪分子/evildoer; criminal. Mighty Mouse will save the day, hunting down malefactors and rescuing
innocent mice from peril.
malevolent ADJ. /坏心肠的/wishing evil. lago is a malevolent villain who takes pleasure in ruining Othello.
malfeasance N. /渎职;不法行为/wrongdoing. The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's malfeasance
until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.
malicious ADJ. /恶毒的/hateful; spiteful. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty, her malicious stepsisters expressed their spite
by forcing her to do menial tasks. malice, N.
malign V. /毒辣的言语;诽谤/speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame. Putting her hands over her ears, Rose refused to listen
to Betty malign her friend Susan.
malignant ADJ. /恶性的，伤害的;致命的/injurious; tending to cause death; aggressively malevolent. Though many tumors
are benign, some are malignant, growing out of control and endangering the life of the patient.
malingerer N. /装病的人;假病号/one who feigns illness to escape duty. The captain ordered the sergeant to punish all
malingerers and force them to work. malinger, V.
malleable ADJ. /有延展性的;可锻的/capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable. Gold is a malleable metal,
easily shaped into bracelets and rings. Fagin hoped Oliver was a malleable lad, easily shaped into a thief.
malodorous ADJ. /恶臭的/foul-smelling. The compost heap was most malodorous in summer.
mammal N. / 哺乳动物/a vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young. Many people regard the whale as a fish
and do not realize that it is a mammal.
mammoth ADJ. /巨大的/gigantic; enormous. To try to memorize every word on this vocabulary list would be a
mammoth undertaking; take on projects that are more manageable in size.
mandate N. /委任;命令/order; charge. In his inaugural address, the president stated that he had a mandate from the
people to seek an end to social evils such as poverty. also V.
mandatory ADJ. /强制的，命令的;义不容辞的/obligatory. These instructions are mandatory, any violation will be severely
punished.
maniacal ADJ. /疯狂的;无理智的/raging mad; insane. Though Mr. Rochester had locked his mad wife in the attic, hecould still hear her maniacal laughter echoing throughout the house.
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