per·ni·cious /pɝˈnɪʃəs/
(a.)有害的,有毒的,致命的
per·ni·cious /pɝˈnɪʃəs/ 形容詞
惡性的
Per·ni·cious a. Quick; swift (to burn). [R.]
Per·ni·cious, a. Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
Let this pernicious hour
Stand aye accursed in the calendar. --Shak.
Pernicious to his health. --Prescott.
Syn: -- Destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious; baneful; deleterious; hurtful; mischievous.
-- Per*ni*cious*ly, adv., -- Per*ni*cious*ness, n.
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pernicious
adj 1: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pestilent]
2: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
"glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
[syn: insidious, subtle]