malady

1. N-COUNT A malady is an illness or disease. 疾病[老式]

He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady. 二十一嵗時腿瘸疾病讓他受到重擊。

2. N-COUNT In written English, people sometimes use maladies to refer to serious problems in a society or situation. 固疾; 弊病

When apartheid is over the maladies will linger on. 種族隔離廢止後，這種社會弊病還會繼續。