a general feeling of being ill, unhappy or not satisfied, or that something is wrong in society, without being able to explain or identify what is wrong 莫名的不适（或不快、不满等） economic/financial/social malaise 揣摩不透的经济／金融／社会问题 a serious malaise among the staff 员工极为不满的情绪 The latest crime figures are merely symptomatic of a wider malaise in society. 最新的犯罪数字只是社会上更广泛疾病的征兆。
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, from Old French mal ‘bad’ (from Latin malus) + aise ‘ease’.