Malady

(noun.) any unwholesome or desperate condition; 'what maladies afflict our nation?'.

整理:莫顿

• We were aware, I answered, that the malady was considered infectious. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Many, already smitten, went home only to die: some died at the school, and were buried quietly and quickly, the nature of the malady forbidding delay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• At any rate he sickened, and after opposing to the malady a taciturn resistance for a day or two, was obliged to keep his chamber. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• At any rate, I had a touch of Mr. Franklin's malady that night. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The malady will wear out by and by, the doctors say, but in the meantime she has to lie down for a twelvemonth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The long duration of his malady has probably erased from his mind all vestige of her; and it were well that it should never again be imprinted. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• He was again in the grip of his mysterious malady. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I may be stung, I may seem to droop for a time, but no pain or malady of sentiment has yet gone through my whole system. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I cannot linger here; I long to soothe --perhaps to cure the malady of my first and best friend. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Of course with him it was held to be another effect of the same cause: it was all optical illusion--nervous malady, and so on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Your letter found me under a severe fit of my malady, which prevented my answering it sooner, or attending, indeed, to any kind of business. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• In addition to my older malady, I have had a sudden and bad attack. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I could not help thinking that his strange, catchy little laugh was also a symptom of some nervous malady. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The inventor of the detective-fever had completely succumbed to that irresistible malady. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Are these the usual changes of your malady, madame? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• We are ashamed of such maladies as affect others, and are either dangerous or disagreeable to them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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