malady

英 ['mælədi] 美 ['mælədi]

• n. 病；疾病；弊病

英英释义

Noun:

1. any unwholesome or desperate condition;

   "what maladies afflict our nation?"
   

2. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is no specific remedy for the malady.
   没有医治这种病的特效药。
2. The boy is suffering from some strange malady.
   这男孩患了某种奇怪的病。
3. I doubt that I shall ever be cured of this malady.
   我怀疑自己是否能够从这种疾病中康复。
4. 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。
5. Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.
   暴力犯罪仅仅是危害社会的弊病之一。
6. To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of ignorance.
   对一个人的无知装作无知是无知的弊病。

经典引文

• He was suffering from a malady neither he nor his doctors could explain.

  出自： D. Jacobson

• It is not known..how the malady should be managed.

  出自： Anthony Smith

近反义词

【近义词】

• sickness 疾病
• illness 病
• disease 疾病
• disorder 混乱
• infirmity 虚弱
• ailment 小病
• condition 条件
• malaise 莫名的不安
• complaint 抱怨
• unwellness 不舒服