n.恶意；狠毒

I had always been aware of a frame of malevolence under his urbanity. 我常常觉察到，在他温文尔雅的下面掩藏着一种恶意。

For all its malevolence, the Soviet empire was like a Ponzi scheme, dependent on ever-increasing amounts of money. 出于恶意，苏联帝国被描述为庞氏骗局，依赖于不断增长的金钱来运行。