"ills" in Chinese (Simplified)
弊病问题疾病
Definition
问题、危害或负面事物,尤其是社会上的问题;有时也指疾病,但通常用于指社会或道德上的问题。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
多用于正式或书面语,常作为复数出现,比如“社会的弊病”。如果专指疾病,用“疾病”会更合适。
Examples
We must find ways to solve the social ills in our city.
我们必须找到解决城市社会**弊病**的方法。
Many ills are caused by lack of education.
许多**弊病**是由于缺乏教育造成的。
Medicine helps cure some physical ills.
药物有助于治疗一些身体**疾病**。
Sometimes, leaders promise to fix all our ills, but it's not that simple.
有时候,领导者承诺解决我们所有的**问题**,但事情并不那么简单。
He's always talking about the ills of modern technology.
他总是在谈论现代科技的**弊病**。
Despite its ills, the system still works for most people.
尽管有**问题**,这个系统对大多数人来说仍然有效。