She had seen herself repeatedly maligned in the newspapers.
她看到自己在报纸上一再受到诽谤。
a much maligned politician
一个备受中伤的政治家
nGrammar
Malign is usually passive.
Examples from the Corpus
malign• But Turabi says his country is being maligned.• Public relations is much maligned about its influence on the media.• Schools have been maligned by politicians and newspapers.• They had gotten along well together until his parents came into the vicinity and began to malign his wife.• He had allowed himself to be maligned in the press to protect the political people.• I wish to malign no one.• But I could be maligning the lad.
much maligned• A very scholarly and erudite work, widely acclaimed at the time but since much maligned.• Public relations is much maligned about its influence on the media.• What's more, Tony Boyle, much maligned after his two abortiveoutings against the Dubs, scored four points.• The Radio 1 playlist is much maligned, but it is as honest and fair as any system.• Whether the result is really much better than our much malignedregional courses is hard to say.