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

You cannot prescribe for a malady unless you diagnose it accurately and understand its causes.
如果诊断不准确、对病因不了解，你就不可能对症下药。
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。
I suffer a malady that no balm can cure!
可叹的是我的病痛却找不到香膏来治愈。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Dogmatism is a malady in the academic research nowadays.
独断论是当今学术研究的弊病。
He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
他21岁时突患致残重疾。