英语单词 | malady |
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英美音标 | 英 ['mælədi] 美 ['mælədi] |
中文释义 | n.病;疾病;弊病 |
英语例句 | (1) There is no specific remedy for the malady. (2) The boy is suffering from some strange malady. (3) I doubt that I shall ever be cured of this malady. (4) They are managing to control the malady into a small range. (5) Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society. (6) To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of ignorance. |
中文例句 | (1) 没有医治这种病的特效药。 (2) 这男孩患了某种奇怪的病。 (3) 我怀疑自己是否能够从这种疾病中康复。 (4) 他们设法将疾病控制在小范围之内。 (5) 暴力犯罪仅仅是危害社会的弊病之一。 (6) 对一个人的无知装作无知是无知的弊病。 |
vocabulary简明 | A malady is an illness, like a malady that keeps you home, sick in bed for days, or something that causes you to have trouble or to suffer, like jet lag — a malady that affects travelers. |
vocabulary扩展 | Malady, pronounced "MAL-uh-dee," comes from the Latin words male, meaning "bad or ill" and habitus for "have, hold." When you have a malady, it is like something bad is holding you, such as an illness — the common cold: a malady of winter. Some bad habits cause maladies, such as never having any money — the malady of people who spend freely, not thinking of the future. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]病;疾病 A malady is an illness or disease. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](书面语中,指社会、环境等的)严重问题,弊病,弊端 In written English, people sometimes use maladies to refer to serious problems in a society or situation.
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