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

• 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。
• The boy is suffering from some strange malady.
  这男孩患了某种奇怪的病。
• "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。
• This malady tries me so much.
  这个病使我非常痛苦。
• He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
  他21岁时突患致残重疾。
• 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。
• Economy law as a branch of law is overcoming the innate malady of market economy.
  经济法就是为了克服市场经济本身的痼疾而出现的法律部门。
• After hearing about such a study, many people including doctors believe they can walk into any yoga class with a medical malady and be healed.
  在听说了这项研究后，许多人包括医生都相信只要参与任何一个瑜伽课程，任何医学疾病都可以被治愈。
• 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。
• Patient: Well, I seem to have a strange malady.
  病人：嗯，我好像得了一种怪病。