ill 英音: [il] 美音: [ɪl]

 

单词详解

1. adj.

A. 有病的不健康的 (not in good physical or mental health )

That old man was too tired to eat much. 老人累得吃不下什么东西。

B. 伤的受伤痛的;不好的坏的 (brought by suffering or adversity

Tom is a man of ill fame. 汤姆这个人名声很坏。

2. adv.

恶劣地 (in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner)

The old lady often speaks ill of his son. 老妇人总是说她儿子的坏话。

3. n.

伤害邪恶;困难不幸 (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)

Who can cure the ills of the old woman? 谁能医治这个老女人的病?

 

相关词组

1. fall ill 生病

My headmaster fell ill with a bad cold. 班主任因重感冒而病倒了。

2. go ill with ……不利;不幸

He warned us it would go ill with them if we gave up halfway.

他警告我们如果我们半途而废就会吃亏。

3. feel ill at ease 不畅快;局促不安;心神不宁

People always feel ill at ease in a new environment. 人们在陌生环境总觉不自在。

 

相关单词

复数:ills

名词:illness

同义词:sick

 

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词语辨析:ill, sick

 

ill, sick

这两个形容词均有“生病的”之意。

ill: 在英国较常用,指生病时,通常作表语,不可作定语。在美国,ill用作表语时可与sick换用。

sick: 多用于美国,作生病解时,既可作表语,也可作定语。在英国,sick作表语,不指生病,而指恶心、呕吐

 

词语详解

1. ill: 在英国较常用,指生病时,通常作表语,不可作定语。在美国,ill用作表语时可与sick换用。

I felt tired when I was ill. 我生病的时候感到很疲倦

2. sick: 多用于美国,作生病解时,既可作表语,也可作定语。在英国,sick作表语,不指生病,而指恶心、呕吐

A nine-year-old girl attended her sick father. 九岁的小女孩照料生病的父亲。

 

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