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

• Patient: Well, I seem to have a strange malady.
  病人：嗯，我好像得了一种怪病。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
  他21岁时突患致残重疾。
• 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 is the sort of malady which we call monomania," said the doctor.
  “这种病我们叫做偏执狂。”医生说道。
• 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。
• Since the first attack I experienced of this malady, I have continually reflected on it.
  自从我得了这种病第一次发作以来我就不断地想到它。
• But I've also discovered that it is one of the greatest remedy for our malady.
  但是我也发现这是一个最大的弊病的补救办法。
• The doctor analyzed the symptoms of the malady to which the prisoner had succumbed, and declared that he was dead.
  医生分析了犯人所得的病症，宣布他已经死了。