Malignancy
Malignancy 是一个主要用于医学和正式抽象语境的名词：
- 医学: 指肿瘤或其他疾病的恶性性质，特别是具有侵袭性和扩散性的癌症。
- 抽象/道德: 指极其严重的恶意、恶毒或有害的状态。
- “The biopsy results showed no signs of malignancy.” (活检结果显示没有恶性迹象。)
- “The doctor explained that early detection of the malignancy increased the chances of survival.” (医生解释说，早期发现恶性肿瘤可以增加生存机会。)
- “He was shocked by the sheer malignancy of the rumors being spread about him.” (他被那些关于他的极其恶毒的谣言惊呆了。)
- mal-: 词根源自拉丁语 malus，意为“坏的”。
- -ign-: 产生。
- -ancy: 名词后缀，表示状态。
- 前缀: mal- (bad)。
- 后缀: -ancy (状态)。
- 同根词: malign (诽谤/有害的), malignant (恶性的)。
在现代医学中，malignancy 是癌症的专业替代词。在哲学或文学中，它可以用来形容那种不仅是坏的，而且具有破坏性和传染性的邪恶。
- 相关形容词: malignant
- 反义词: benignancy (良性)
记住 malignant 是“恶性的”，后缀 -ancy 将其变为名词形式。它指的就是“恶性”这一状态。
The scientist spent his whole career studying the malignancy of rare cells. He wanted to understand why they grew so fast and so dangerously. After years of work, he found a way to stop the malignancy from spreading. He didn’t just save a life; he found a weapon against the very nature of malignancy itself.