ills

英 [ɪlz]

美 [ɪlz]

n.  问题; 弊端; 疾病; 伤害; 厄运
ill的复数

医学

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有病的;不健康的
  Someone who isillis suffering from a disease or a health problem.
  1. In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia...
     1941 年 11 月,佩恩得了严重的肺炎。
  2. I was feeling ill...
     我觉得自己生病了。
  3. If damp, musty buildings make you ill, mould is probably the cause...
     如果潮湿发霉的建筑令你生病了,霉菌很可能是病因。
  4. Two years ago my husband was declared to be terminally ill.
     两年前,我丈夫被诊断患了不治之症。
  5. People who are ill in some way can be referred to as, for example,thementallyill.
     有…病的人
  6. I used to work with the mentally ill...
     我曾经做过一份和精神病人打交道的工作。
  7. She became a nun and cared for the terminally ill for the rest of her life.
     她做了修女,用她的余生照顾患有绝症的人们。

The wordsillandsickare very similar in meaning, but are used in slightly different ways.Illis generally not used before a noun, and can be used in verbal expressions such asfall illandbe taken ill.He fell ill shortly before Christmas… One of the jury members was taken ill.Sickis often used before a noun.…sick children.In British English,illis a slightly more polite, less direct word thansick.Sickoften suggests the actual physical feeling of being ill, for example nausea or vomiting.I spent the next 24 hours in bed, groaning and being sick.In American English,sickis often used where British people would sayill.Some people get hurt in accidents or get sick.
ill 和 sick 意义非常相似, 但是用法略有不同。ill通常不用于名词前, 但可用于 fall ill, be taken ill 等动词词组中, 如He fell ill shortly before Christmas (他圣诞节前不久突然病倒了), One of the jury members was taken ill (陪审团的一名成员突然病了)。sick 常用在名词之前，如 sick children (生病的孩子)。在英国英语中, ill 比 sick 更礼貌委婉。sick 常表示生病时的身体感受, 例如恶心、呕吐等：I spent the next 24 hours in bed, groaning and being sick (接下来的 24 个小时我都躺在床上, 不停地呻吟，感到一阵阵恶心)。英国人常用 ill 的情况在美国英语中更常用 sick: Some people get hurt in accidents or get sick (一些人在事故中受伤或生病)。

• N-COUNT 困难;难题
  Difficulties and problems are sometimes referred to asills.
  1. His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.
     他的批评者们坚持认为他应该为阿尔及利亚所面临的许多难题负责任。
  2. ...various potions that would cure all ills.
     解决所有问题的多种方案
• N-UNCOUNT 坏;恶行;伤害
  Illis evil or harm.
  1. They say they mean you no ill.
     他们说他们对你并无恶意。
• ADV-GRADED 同 badly
  Illmeans the same as 'badly'.
  1. The company's conservative instincts sit ill with competition.
     该公司保守的本性不利于竞争。
• ADJ 有害的;讨厌的
  You can useillin front of some nouns to indicate that you are referring to something harmful or unpleasant.
  1. She had brought ill luck into her family...
     她给家庭带来了厄运。
  2. He says that he bears no ill feelings towards Johnson.
     他说他对约翰逊并无恶感。
• PHRASE 承受不起;负担不起
  If you say that someonecan ill afford todo something, orcan ill affordsomething, you mean that they must prevent it from happening because it would be harmful or embarrassing to them.
  1. It's possible he won't play but I can ill afford to lose him...
     有可能他不会上场,但是我几乎承受不起失去他的损失。
  2. We can ill afford another scandal...
     我们经不起再有丑闻出现了。
  3. It's an ignorance we can ill afford.
     这是我们难以承受的无知。
• PHRASE 是坏的征兆
  If somethingbodes illoraugurs ill, it gives you a reason to fear that something harmful might happen soon.
  1. It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.
     进展很不顺利,对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。
• PHRASE 突然生病
  If youfall illorare taken ill, you suddenly become ill.
  1. Shortly before Christmas, he was mysteriously taken ill...
     圣诞节前不久,他突然不明原因地病倒了。
  2. She fell ill with measles.
     她患麻疹病倒了。
• PHRASE 不论好歹
  If you say that something is happening or will happenfor good or ill, you mean that it is out of anyone's control whether it happens and what its effects will be.
  1. Recent events should make everyone modest about saying what cannot happen there, for good or ill.
     最近的事件应该会让每个人在预测某处不可能发生什么事时变得谨慎起来,不论是好事还是坏事。
• tospeak ill ofsomeone → see:speak

双语例句

• And as unemployment rises, housing ills are taking a new turn.
  随着失业率不断攀升，住宅市场的困境出现了新的变化。
• There are no easy or painless solutions to the nation's economic ills.
  这个国家的经济弊病没有轻松便捷的解决办法。
• Who can care the economic ills?
  谁能医治经济上的这些弊病呢？
• The same ills seem to have plagued the vast high-speed rail programme.
  庞大的高铁项目似乎也已染上了相同的弊病。
• Suddenly a bicycle seems like the remedy for many modern ills, from petrol prices to pollution and obesity.
  突然之间，自行车好像成了医治油价，污染和肥胖等许多现代病的一剂良方。
• Difficulties and problems are sometimes referred to as ills.
  难关和问题有时跟坏运意思相通。
• Central banks are the doctors of the world financial system, armed with potent antidotes to economic ills.
  各国央行是世界金融体系的医生，拥有针对各种经济病症的强效解药。
• A substance believed to cure all ills.
  一种被认为可以医治所有疾病的物质。
• Transparency is no panacea for the ills of banking. But it would help.
  提高透明度并非去除银行业种种弊病的万能药，但它会有所帮助。
• Mirth is the medicine of life; it cures its ills and calms its strife.
  欢乐是生活的良药，它能治愈生活中的疾病，平息生活中的争斗。