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

• Once people's thinking becomes rigid, book worship, divorced from reality, becomes a grave malady.
  思想一僵化，不从实际出发的本本主义也就严重起来了。
• 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。
• He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
  他21岁时突患致残重疾。
• Love saw the malady of sin, and sought a balm of healing.
  爱看见了罪的奴性，就寻找一个释放的途径。
• The boy is suffering from some strange malady.
  这男孩患了某种奇怪的病。
• A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or an ailment.
  疾病身体的失调或疾病；疾病或小毛病。
• 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。
• She was scared ( to death) at [ by] the strange noise. My child will not die of that frightful malady, for lack of succor.
  她被奇怪的声响吓了一跳（吓得要死）。我的孩子不会死了，那种病，吓坏我了，现在她有救了。
• 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。