She lived in New York for a short time, but she was afflicted with lupus, a very serious illness, and she died at the age of 39 in 1964.

她在纽约度过一段短暂的时光，但她饱受狼疮，一种严重疾病的折磨，最终逝世于1964年。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And it turned out that another, not quite as deadly, but still very serious disease called syphilis was also common in this part of the world at that time.

现在已知另外一种疾病,它并不完全致命但也很严重,它叫梅毒,在那时的一些地方也很常见

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选