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.
双语例句
1. He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
他21岁时突患致残重疾。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He tried the baths there for an internal malady.
他到那儿洗温泉对他的内科病进行浴疗.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. Malaria is a kind of serious malady.
疟疾是一种严重的疾病.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. "It is the sort of malady which we call monomania," said the doctor.
