malaise
/mæˈleɪz/noun
- a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify(原因难以确定的)不舒服, 不适; 心神不安:
a society afflicted by a deep cultural malaise
受深刻文化病态折磨的社会
mass noun a general air of malaise.一种普遍的抑郁气氛。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from French, from Old French mal 'bad' (from Latin malus) + aise 'ease'.