N-COUNT A malady is an illness or disease. 疾病 [老式]
He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
二十一岁时腿瘸疾病让他受到重击。
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.
种族隔离废止后，这种社会弊病还会继续。
Why, Ma 'am, Mother told me to be sure and behave like a lady, and when ladies call at our rooms they always question Mother like that.
妈妈要我的举止一定要象夫人们一样，当她们到我们家做客的时候，她们总是那样问我妈妈的。
There was a lady who went to see a doctor, and the doctor said, "Sit down, Ma 'am."
一位女士去看病，医生说：“请坐，夫人，你有什么问题？”
I complimented the boss lady on the cooking, who turned out to be Zhou Ma Ma herself.
我夸了半天老板娘的厨艺，结果发现原来她就是周妈妈本人。
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