Malaise

Malaise/mæˈleɪz; mæˋlez/noun[U, sing.](formal)

(a) general feeling of illness, without clear signs of a particular disease微恙;不适:a serious malaise among the staff

(b) feeling of uneasiness whose exact cause cannot be explained莫名的不安:The problems affecting a particular situation or group of people that are difficult to explain or identify:economic / financial / social malaise

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Example sentence:

Though she has worked at the same company for 30 years, Jeannie shows few signs of the professionalmalaisecommon among her coworkers.

You can see signs of (a creeping) malaise in our office.

The latest crime figures are merelysymptomaticof a widermalaisein society.

a general economicmalaise普遍的经济萧条
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