a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify 不舒服,不适,不自在;抑郁 a society afflicted by a deep cultural malaise. 受深刻文化疾患折磨的社会。 [mass noun ]a general air of malaise. 一种普遍的抑郁气氛。
语源
mid 18th cent.: from French, from Old French mal 'bad' (from Latin malus) + aise 'ease'