I got all the usual childhood ailments.所有常见的儿童期疾病我都得过。
Below is a list of common childhood ailments.下面是一份儿童期常见轻微病症的清单。
Synonyms diseasedisease
illness
disorder
infection
condition
ailment
bug
These are all words for a medical problem.
diseasea medical problem affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection:
He suffers from a rare blood disease.他患有一种罕见的血液病。
illnessa medical problem, or a period of suffering from one:
She died after a long illness.她久病不愈而亡。
disease or illness?用 disease 还是 illness?Disease is used to talk about more severe physical medical problems, especially those that affect the organs. Illness is used to talk about both more severe and more minor medical problems, and those that affect mental health: heart/kidney/liver illness • mental disease.Disease is not used about a period of illness: She died after a long disease.
disorder(rather formal) an illness that causes a part of the body to stop functioning correctly:指失调、紊乱、不适、疾病:
a rare disorder of the liver.一种罕见的肝病
A disorder is generally not infectious. Disorder is used most frequently with words relating to mental problems, for example psychiatric, personality, mental and eating. When it is used to talk about physical problems, it is most often used with blood, bowel and kidney, and these are commonly serious, severe or rare.
infectionan illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus and that affects one part of the body:
a throat infection喉部感染
conditiona medical problem that you have for a long time because it is not possible to cure it:
a heart condition心脏病
ailment(rather formal) an illness that is not very serious:指轻病、小恙:
childhood ailments儿童期小病
bug(informal) an infectious illness that is usually fairly mild:指轻微的传染病、小病:
a nasty flu bug严重的流感
Patterns
to have/suffer from a(n) disease/illness/disorder/infection/condition/ailment/bug
to catch/contract/get/pick up a(n) disease/illness/infection/bug