malady

英 [ˈmælədi]

美 [ˈmælədi]

n.  严重问题; 痼疾; 疾病

复数：maladies　

TOEFLTEM8医学

BNC.22759 / COCA.15568

牛津词典

noun

• 严重问题；痼疾
  a serious problem
  1. Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.
     暴力犯罪仅仅是困扰现代社会的严重问题之一。
• 疾病
  an illness

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 病；疾病
  Amaladyis an illness or disease.
  1. He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
     他21岁时突患致残重疾。
• N-COUNT (书面语中，指社会、环境等的)严重问题，弊病，弊端
  In written English, people sometimes usemaladiesto refer to serious problems in a society or situation.
  1. When apartheid is over the maladies will linger on.
     废除了种族隔离政策后痼疾依然存在。
  2. ...the maladies of love.
     爱情的弊端

英英释义

noun

• impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
  Synonym:illnessunwellnesssickness
• any unwholesome or desperate condition
  1. what maladies afflict our nation?

双语例句

• There his wife died of a malady of the chest, from which she had long suffered.
  他的妻子因长期害肺病死了。优先权，重点；
• To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
  对一个人的无知装作无知是无知的弊病。
• Now, many of their estuaries and coastal seas are suffering the same malady.
  但是现在，那里的许多河口和沿海地区却出现了同样的问题。
• This malady admits but of one remedy; I will tell you what that is.
  对付这种病只有一种药，我告诉你是什么东西。
• When apartheid is over the maladies will linger on.
  废除了种族隔离政策后痼疾依然存在。
• It is like a mental disease, which is cured when the cause or the secret of the malady is discovered and seen by the patient.
  它就像一种精神疾病，当原因和疯狂的秘密被发现并被病人看到时它就治疗好了。
• The boy is suffering from some strange malady.
  这男孩患了某种奇怪的病。
• That malady is not the dreaded H1N1 virus, nor bronchitis, appendicitis, or tonsillitis.
  那种病不是令人闻之色变的H1N1新型流感，也不是支气管炎、盲肠炎或扁桃腺炎。
• It was around this time that the first symptoms of the malady that was to dog him appeared: tingling, then numbness in his fingers and toes;
  大约在那个时候，困扰他的疾病的最初症状出现了：刺痛、手指脚趾麻木，后来发展到上下台阶或走坡路时失去平衡。
• Only then can one diagnose a person's spiritual malady and give instruction.
  只有这样才能诊断人的灵性疾病，并且给予相应的指导。