late 13c., from Old French maladie "sickness, illness, disease" (13c.), from malade "ill" (12c.), from Latin male habitus "doing poorly, feeling sick," literally "ill-conditioned," from male "badly" (see mal-) + habitus, past participle of habere "have, hold" (see habit (n.)). Related: Maladies.
雙語例句
1. He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
他21歲時突患致殘重疾。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He tried the baths there for an internal malady.
他到那兒洗溫泉對他的內(nèi)科病進行浴療.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. Malaria is a kind of serious malady.
瘧疾是一種嚴重的疾病.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. "It is the sort of malady which we call monomania," said the doctor.