- (especially British English) (North American English usually sick)[not usually before noun]
suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well 有病；不舒服 Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital. 她父亲住在圣路加医院，病情很重。 🔊🔊 chronically ill patients 慢性病患者 He is still critically ill in hospital. 他仍然在医院病危。 Uncle Harry is terminally ill with cancer (= he will die from his illness). 哈里叔叔癌症已到了晚期。 🔊🔊 the mentally ill (= people with a mental illness) 精神病患者 She was taken ill suddenly. 她突然病倒了。 🔊🔊 We both started to feel ill shortly after the meal. 我们俩饭后不久就都开始感到不适。 🔊🔊 veterans who became ill after fighting in the Gulf War 在海湾战争中战斗后生病的退伍军人 - (formal)
He fell ill and died soon after. 他病倒不久便去世了。 🔊🔊 I can't eat bananas as they make me ill. 我不能吃香蕉，因为它们使我病了。 - ill with something
He'd been ill with cancer for months. 他已经患癌症好几个月了。
Collocations Illnessessee also illnessIllnesses 疾病 Becoming ill 生病 - catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(British English) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug
染上感冒／传染病／流感／肺炎／病毒／小毛病 - get (British English) ill/(North American English) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
患病／艾滋病／乳腺癌／感冒／流感／偏头痛 - come down with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu
得了感冒／流感 - contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS
感染致命疾病／严重疾病／艾滋病病毒／艾滋病 - be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV
受病毒／寄生虫／艾滋病病毒感染 - develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis
患上癌症／糖尿病／皮疹／溃疡；出现肝炎症状 - have a heart attack/a stroke
心脏病／中风发作 - provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction
引起／产生过敏反应 - block/burst/rupture a blood vessel
使血管阻塞／破裂 - damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon
损伤／切断神经／动脉／肌腱
Being ill 病了 - feel (British English) ill/nauseous/queasy
- be running (British English) a temperature/(North American English) a fever
发烧 - have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(British English) a high temperature/(North American English) a fever
患伤风感冒／糖尿病／心脏病／肺癌；头痛；发烧 - suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/bouts of depression/a mental disorder
患哮喘／营养不良症／经常性头痛／多发性抑郁症／精神错乱 - be laid up with/ (British English) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
因感冒／流感／偏头痛而卧床休息 - nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover
调治感冒／头痛／宿醉 - battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism
与癌症／抑郁症作斗争；戒瘾；戒酒
Treatments 治疗 - examine a patient
给病人做检查 - diagnose a condition/disease/disorder
诊断疾病 - be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia
诊断为癌症／糖尿病／精神分裂症 - prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics
开／得到／服用药／药片／止痛药／抗生素 - treat somebody for cancer/depression/shock
治疗某人的癌症／抑郁症／休克 - have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer
接受检查／手术／外科手术／肾移植手术／治疗／化疗／癌症治疗 - have/be given an injection/(British English) a flu jab/(North American English) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray
打针；接种流感疫苗；接受输血；做扫描检查；照 X 光 - cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient
治疗疾病／病痛／癌症／头痛／病人 - prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs
防止疾病扩散／疾病进一步爆发／对肺部造成伤害 - be vaccinated against the flu/(British English) flu/the measles/(British English) measles/polio/smallpox
接种流感／麻疹／小儿麻痹症／天花疫苗 - enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease
增加对疾病的免疫力
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessa2He was lying ill in bed. 他卧病在床。 They arrive at the hospital ill from malnutrition. 他们由于营养不良而生病住进了医院。 Robyn was almost ill with excitement and outrage. 罗宾因为激动和愤怒差点儿病倒。 - (figurative)
That type of government corruption makes me ill. 这种类型的政府腐败使我感到不适。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- critically
- dangerously
- desperately
- …
- with
- from
- [only before noun]
bad or harmful 坏的；不良的；有害的 She suffered no ill effects from the experience. 这次经历没有使她受到不良影响。 🔊🔊 - (old-fashioned)
a woman of ill repute (= with a bad reputation, especially because of her sexual behaviour) 名声不好的女人
- (formal)
that brings, or is thought to bring, bad luck 不吉利的；不祥的 a bird of ill omen 不祥之鸟
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘wicked’, ‘malevolent’, ‘harmful’, and ‘difficult’): from Old Norse illr ‘evil, difficult’, of unknown origin.
Idioms
bad/ill feeling
(also bad/ill feelings especially in North American English)
anger between people, especially after an argument 恶感；不满；反感 There was a lot of bad feeling between the two groups of students. 这两群学生互怀敌意。 🔊🔊 I don't want any bad feelings between us. 我不想我们之间有任何不好的感觉。
ill at ease
ill/bad feeling
(also ill/bad feelings especially in North American English)
anger between people, especially after an argument 恶感；不满；反感 There was a lot of ill feeling between the two groups of students. 两组学生之间有很多不适感。 I don't want any ill feelings between us. 我不想我们之间有任何不适。
it’s an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)
- (saying)
no problem is so bad that it does not bring some advantage to somebody 没有绝对的坏事；任何坏事都会有利于某些人