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单词 pernicious
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
per•ni•cious /pɚˈnɪʃəs/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. causing harm or ruin;
    evil in effect;
    ruinous:a pernicious lie.
per•ni•cious•ly, adv. 
per•ni•cious•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
per•ni•cious  (pər nishəs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. causing insidious harm or ruin;
    ruinous;
    injurious;
    hurtful:pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
  2. Pathologydeadly;
    fatal:a pernicious disease.
  3. [Obs.]evil;
    wicked.
  • Latin perniciōsus ruinous, equivalent. to pernici(ēs) ruin (per- per- + -nici-, combining form of nex death, murder (stem nec-) + -iēs noun, nominal suffix) + -ōsus -ous
  • 1515–25
per•nicious•ly, adv. 
per•nicious•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged harmful, detrimental, deleterious, destructive, damaging, baneful, noxious, malicious.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lethal.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pernicious /pəˈnɪʃəs/ adj
  1. wicked or malicious: pernicious lies
  2. causing grave harm; deadly
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin perniciōsus, from perniciēs ruin, from per- (intensive) + nex death

perˈniciously adv perˈniciousness n
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