单词详解
n.
疾病,病害 (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
Disease usually results from germs. 疾病通常是由病菌引起的。
相关词组
1. heart disease 心脏病
Heart disease is usually the consequence of years of poor health.
心脏疾病往往是多年健康状况不佳的结果。
2. infectious disease 传染病
Cholera was an infectious disease in the old days. 过去霍乱是一种传染病。
相关单词
复数:diseases
同义词:illness, ill, sickness, complaint
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词语辨析:illness, sickness, disease
illness, sickness, disease
这些名词均有“疾病”之意。
illness: 不具体指,而是泛指一切疾病,强调生病的时间或状语,语体较 sickness 正式一些。
sickness: 较口语化,可与 illness 换用,但还可表示“恶心”。
disease: 指具体的疾病,且通常较严重,发病时间也较长。
词语详解
1. illness: 不具体指,而是泛指一切疾病,强调生病的时间或状语,语体较 sickness 正式一些。
Stress may lead to minor illness. 压力可能会造成小的疾病。
2. sickness: 较口语化,可与 illness 换用,但还可表示“恶心”。
If the poor do this, they shall have less sickness.
如果穷人这样做的话,他们将会少一些疾病。
3. disease: 指具体的疾病,且通常较严重,发病时间也较长。
We must take some immediate measures to prevent the disease from spreading.
我们必须立刻采取措施防止这种疾病蔓延。