Many serious illnesses can be nipped in the bud if they are detected early enough.如果及早确诊，许多恶疾可以治愈。The real disease affecting the country is inflation.影响该国的真正恶疾是通货膨胀。Most people with this insidious disease have no idea that they are infected.大多数患有这种潜伏恶疾的人都不知道自己染病了。