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

• 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。
• 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。
• Patient: Well, I seem to have a strange malady.
  病人：嗯，我好像得了一种怪病。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The first malady here is that content owners are relying on their own opinions and preferences.
  这里，第一个弊端在于：内容拥有者信赖他们自己的看法和偏好。
• 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。