Definition

Examples

• 他多年前患上一种恶疾，至今仍未痊愈。
  Tā duōnián qián huàn shàng yī zhǒng è jí, zhìjīn réng wèi quányù.
  He contracted a severe disease many years ago and hasn't recovered yet.
• 这种恶疾在早期很难被发现。
  Zhè zhǒng è jí zài zǎoqī hěn nán bèi fāxiàn.
  This malignant disease is very hard to detect in its early stage.
• 现代医学可以治愈一些过去的不治之症，但不是所有恶疾都能被克服。
  Xiàndài yīxué kěyǐ zhìyù yīxiē guòqù de bùzhìzhīzhèng, dàn bú shì suǒyǒu è jí dōu néng bèi kèfú.
  Modern medicine can cure some previously incurable diseases, but not all severe diseases can be overcome.