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malaise

美音:[mæ´leız ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.不舒服

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malaise为短语/超纲词汇

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mal-=badly,ill(与bene-相反) 变化型 male-

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malaise


/mæ'leɪz; mæ`lez/
n [U, sing] (fml 文)
(a) general feeling of illness, without clear signs of a particular disease 微恙; 不适.
(b) feeling of uneasiness whose exact cause cannot be explained 莫名的不安
*You can see signs of (a creeping) malaise in our office. 在我们办公室里可以看到有某种(令人不寒而栗的)不安迹象.
* a deeply-felt malaise among the working classes 在工人阶级中可深深体会到的不安.

malaise


n [singular, U]formal
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French;Origin: mal- ( MAL-) + aise 'comfort']
a general problem that is difficult to describe in an exact way
 a general malaise within society
a general feeling that you are slightly ill or not happy in your life