disease
disease
noun
noun
- a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury
病，疾病
bacterial meningitis is quite a rare disease.
细菌性脑膜炎是一种罕见的疾病。
[mass noun]a possible cause of heart disease.
心脏病的一种可能原因。
■(figurative)a particular quality, habit, or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people
(喻)弊病；弊端
we are suffering from the British disease of self-deprecation.
我们养成了英国式的自我贬低的弊病。
- Middle English (in the sense 'lack of ease; inconvenience'): from Old French desaise 'lack of ease', from des- (expressing reversal) + aise 'ease'
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