单词 | malaise |
释义 | malaise (once / 9883 pages) n If you are experiencing malaise, chances are you are feeling blue or looking green. Malaise is a slump; you're not feeling your best — either mentally or physically. Mal is French for "bad," and aise means "ease." When experiencing malaise, ease yourself down on the couch to recover. Malaise is frequently used figuratively to describe slumps that other things go through as well. The 20-year economic malaise in Japan is one example, but you'll also hear of educational malaise, political malaise, and even "a general malaise." Wherever you turn, there's malaise. WORD FAMILYmalaise: malaises USAGE EXAMPLESJarvies’ report says leadership is lacking within the department and that a “sense of malaise and frustration” is harming camaraderie. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) While there was an air of malaise at the gathering about the impending venue crackdown, most of the panelists agreed that change was inevitable. Los Angeles Times(Dec 17, 2016) But that’s no protection at all against the malaise that fills the songs. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) n physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) Syn|Hyper unease, uneasiness discomfort, uncomfortableness the state of being tense and feeling pain |
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