前綴mal-(male-) 詞源、意思和例詞
mal-是來源于法語的貶義詞前綴，前身是法語副詞mal;而mal又來源于拉丁副詞male,意思是均為badly,所以，可以將male-看成mal-的異體。在英語中，mal-已經(jīng)成為派生詞綴，可以與動詞、形容詞、名詞相綴全，意思為badly或bad。male-是原生詞綴，多與拉丁詞根相結(jié)合，其貶義更為強(qiáng)烈，相當(dāng)于evil,evilly。
word-forming element meaning "bad, badly, ill, poorly, wrong, wrongly," from French mal (adv.), from Old French mal (adj., adv.) "evil, ill, wrong, wrongly" (9c.), from Latin male (adv.) "badly," or malus(adj.) "bad, evil" (fem. mala, neuter malum), of unknown origin, perhaps related to Avestan mairiia "treacherous." Most Modern English words with this prefix are 19c. coinages.
前綴mal-來源于拉丁語，意為“bad”。
1．壞的
malfeasance, malnutrition, malcontent
前綴mal- 的變形如下。
1．ma- [在輔音字母d,f,v之前]
malediction, malefactor, malevolent
2．mali- 在輔音字母g,s之前]
malignant．malison
此外，前綴mal-有一些同義前綴，它們也有“壞的”意思，還有一些反義前綴，意為“好的”。
1．同義前綴:mis-。
2. 反義前綴:bene-,bon-,eu-。
例詞：
1.malefactor [male<mal(=bad) +
n. criminal or wrongdoer 犯人，罪人；惡人
舉例： My father always jokingly asks what kind of malefactor l'm dating now.
我的父親經(jīng)常開玩笑地問我，最近在和什么樣的壞小子約會。
2.malediction [male<mal( =bad) +
n. curse; prayer to God that someone or something may be destroyed, hurt, etc.詛咒；惡言
舉例： Heaping maledicttions upon her ex-husband, she stormed from the room.
她一邊咒罵前夫，一邊沖出房間。
3.malfeasance [mal( =bad) +feas( =do, make)做壞事]
n. wrongdoing; illegal act, especially an instance of official misconduct 下正當(dāng);不法行為，特別指公務(wù)員的不正當(dāng)行為
舉例： The mayor's well publicized malteasance cost him the election.
市長廣為人知的不正當(dāng)行為使他在選舉中失利。
4.maladroit [mal( =bad) +a( =to) +droit<rect(=straight, right)不能一直拉向某物的]
adj. not adroit, clumsy, tactless 不靈巧的，不熟練的，笨拙的
舉例： She is so maladroit in physical education that she resembles a clown!
她在體育課上動作笨拙得像個(gè)小丑！
5.malcontent [mal( =bad) +con<com( =together) +ten( =hold)不能一起、全部擁有]
adj. discontented and inclined to rebel 不滿的；反抗的
n. a person who is not contented 不滿者；反抗者
舉例： Don't take his comments seriously; he's just an old malcontent.
不要把他的批評太當(dāng)回事，他只是上了年紀(jì)，心懷不滿。
6.malady [mal(=bad) + ad<hab(=live,have) 具有壞的狀態(tài)、惡性]
n. a disease or illness often used figuratively 病，疾??；社會的弊病
舉例：My brother's a hypochondriac,always complaining of some malady or other.
我的弟弟是個(gè)憂郁癥患者，經(jīng)常抱怨自己有這樣的那樣的病。
7.malignant [mali<mal(=bad) +
adj. filled with a desire to hurt;harmful to life 有惡意的，惡毒的；（疾?。盒缘?，致使的，有害的
malignity 惡意，敵意；惡性
malignancy 惡性
malign 有害的，惡性的；中傷，誹謗
舉例：Unfortunately ,laboratory tests showed the mass to be malignant. 不幸的是，化驗(yàn)結(jié)果表明腫塊惡性的。
8.malnutrition [mal(=bad) + nutri(=nourishment) 壞的營養(yǎng)狀態(tài)]
n.condition caused by not getting enough food or enough of the right kinds of food 營養(yǎng)失調(diào)，營養(yǎng)不良
舉例：Malnutrition is a grave public health problem in many African nations.
營養(yǎng)不良是許多非洲國家共同存在的嚴(yán)重的健康問題。
9.maltreat [mal(=bad) + treat (=draw)不好地拉扯]
vi. treat roughly or cruelly 濫用；虐待，粗暴地對待
maltreatment 濫用；虐待
舉例：Occasionally,day care workers maltreat the children entrusted to their care. 有時(shí)候，托兒所的職員會粗暴地對待入托的孩子。
10.malevolent [male<mal(=bad)+vol(=vill) 壞的意志]
adj. wishing to do evil cause harm to others;spiteful 希望別人不好的；有惡意的，壞心腸的
malevolence 惡意，敵意
舉例：I don't believe in ghosts,malevolent or otherwise. 我不相信鬼魂，不管它是善是惡。
11.maladminister [mal-(=badly) 不良；administer v.管理 →]
v. 對...管理不善
舉例：We must punish those who maladminister the law. 我們必須懲處那些瀆職枉法的人。
12.maladjusted [mal-(=badly)不良；adjusted adj.調(diào)節(jié)的→]
adj.調(diào)節(jié)不善的；不適應(yīng)環(huán)境的
舉例：Living in a split family,he becomes a maladjusted boy. 生活在父母離異的家庭，他變成心理失調(diào)的小孩。
13.malfunction [mal-(=badly)不良；function n.機(jī)能]
n. 機(jī)能失常；失靈，故障
舉例："Malfunction" is the most feared word a rocket scientist can hear. 火箭專家最害怕聽到的字眼就是“失靈”。
14.malpractice [mal-(=badly)不良；practice n. 實(shí)踐，做法]
n. 不法行為；玩忽職守；瀆職
舉例：We took pains to correct the malpractice of those officials. 我們費(fèi)心苦心糾正那些官員的枉法行為。
15.malefaction [male(=evilly) 惡意地；fact =to do 做；-ion 名詞后綴→ “doing evilly 惡意地干”]
n.壞事；犯罪
舉例：Guilty creatures have proclaimed their malefactions. 罪犯們已經(jīng)當(dāng)眾供出了他們的罪行。