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.
坏,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 对……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。