Advanced Learner's English Dictionary (Collins Cobuild) [Image]
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plague malady menopause overwrought inhibition
────────────────────────────── plague, （病気などに）かからせる、悩ませる ────────────────────────────── If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.
ex) She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness.
────────────────────────────── malady, 慢性的な病気、疾患 ────────────────────────────── A malady is an illness or disease. [OLD-FASHIONED]
ex) He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
比喩的に、（社会の）病弊、弊害、などとも使います。
────────────────────────────── menopause, 更年期（障害） ────────────────────────────── The menopause is the time during which a woman gradually stops menstruating, usually when she is about fifty years pld.
────────────────────────────── overwrought, 過労気味の、ひどく緊張した ────────────────────────────── Someone who is overwrought is very upset and is behaving in an uncontrolled way.
ex) One overwrought member had to be restrained by friends.
────────────────────────────── inhibition, 阻害、抑制、抑圧 ────────────────────────────── Inhibitions are feelings of fear or embarrassment that make it difficult for you to behave naturally.
ex) The whole point about dancing is to stop thinking and lose all your inhibitions.
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