malady

英 [ˈmælədi]

美 [ˈmælədi]

n. 严重问题; 痼疾; 疾病

复数：maladies　

TOEFL TEM8 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

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。
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。
He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
他21岁时突患致残重疾。
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。
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。
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。
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。
They are managing to control the malady into a small range.
他们设法将疾病控制在小范围之内。
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。
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。