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an illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection 病；疾病 heart/lung/liver disease 心髒病/肺病/肝病 In 19th century England, infectious diseases were the principal cause of death. 在19世紀的英國，傳染病是死亡的主要原因。 chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes 肥胖症和糖尿病等慢性病 health measures to prevent the spread of disease 預防疾病傳播的保健措施 Smoking increases the risk of heart disease. 吸煙會增加罹患心髒病的風險。 It is not known what causes the disease. 這種病的起因不明。 He suffers from a rare blood disease. 他患有一種罕見的血液病。 Sailors who ate no fresh food contracted the disease. 不吃新鮮食物的水手染上了這種疾病。 It's better to prevent disease by ensuring a clean water supply. 更好的方法是通過確保供給潔淨水來預防疾病。 to treat/cure a disease 治療/治愈疾病 to spread/transmit a disease 傳播疾病 Cattle had to be slaughtered after an outbreak of the disease. 疾病爆發後，牛不得不被宰殺。 patients with coronary heart disease 冠心病患者 cardiovascular/pulmonary/respiratory disease 心血管/肺部/呼吸系統疾病
Synonyms diseasedisease- illness
- disorder
- infection
- condition
- ailment
- bug
- disease a medical problem affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection:
He suffers from a rare blood disease. 他患有一種罕見的血液病。
- illness a 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 還是 illness？ - disorder (rather formal
) an illness that causes a part of the body to stop functioning correctly: 指失調、紊亂、不適、疾病： a rare disorder of the liver. 一種罕見的肝病
- infection an illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus and that affects one part of the body:
a throat infection 喉部感染
- condition a medical problem that you have for a long time because it is not possible to cure it:
a heart condition 心髒病
- ailment (rather formal
) an illness that is not very serious: 指輕病、小恙： childhood ailments 兒童期小病
- bug (informal
) an infectious illness that is usually fairly mild: 指輕微的傳染病、小病： a nasty flu bug 嚴重的流感
- 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
WordfinderCollocations IllnessesIllnesses 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／傳染病／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／偏頭痛 - 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／嚴重疾病／艾滋病病毒／艾滋病 - be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV
受病毒／寄生蟲／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／潰瘍；出現肝炎症狀 - have a heart attack/a stroke
心髒病／中風發作 - provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction
引起／産生過敏反應 - block/burst/rupture a blood vessel
使血管阻塞／破裂 - damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon
損傷／切斷神經／動脈／肌腱
Being ill 病了 - feel (British English) ill/nauseous/queasy
- be running (British English) a temperature/(North American English) a fever
發燒 - have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(British English) a high temperature/(North American English) a fever
患傷風感冒／糖尿病／心髒病／肺癌；頭痛；發燒 - suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/bouts of depression/a mental disorder
患哮喘／營養不良症／經常性頭痛／多發性抑鬱症／精神錯亂 - be laid up with/ (British English) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
因感冒／流感／偏頭痛而卧床休息 - nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover
調治感冒／頭痛／宿醉 - battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism
與癌症／抑鬱症作鬥爭；戒瘾；戒酒
Treatments 治療 - examine a patient
給病人做檢查 - diagnose a condition/disease/disorder
診斷疾病 - be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia
診斷爲癌症／糖尿病／精神分裂症 - prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics
開／得到／服用藥／藥片／止痛藥／抗生素 - treat somebody for cancer/depression/shock
治療某人的癌症／抑鬱症／休克 - have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer
接受檢查／手術／外科手術／腎移植手術／治療／化療／癌症治療 - have/be given an injection/(British English) a flu jab/(North American English) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray
打針；接種流感疫苗；接受輸血；做掃描檢查；照 X 光 - cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient
治療疾病／病痛／癌症／頭痛／病人 - prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs
防止疾病擴散／疾病進一步爆發／對肺部造成傷害 - be vaccinated against the flu/(British English) flu/the measles/(British English) measles/polio/smallpox
接種流感／麻疹／小兒麻痹症／天花疫苗 - enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease
增加對疾病的免疫力
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessa2Children are still dying in their millions from preventable diseases. 仍有數以百萬計的兒童死於本可預防的疾病。 Humans can contract the disease, which is treatable with antibiotics. 人類會感染這種可以用抗生素治療的疾病。 the problem of controlling pests and disease with organic gardening methods 用有機園藝方法控制病蟲害的問題 Gene therapy was first pursued in an attempt to cure genetic diseases. 基因療法最初是爲了試圖治愈遺傳病。 We face the challenge of finding new ways to treat diseases. 我們面臨着尋找治療疾病的新方法的挑戰。 Quarantine is important for animal disease prevention. 檢疫對動物疾病的預防很重要。 Drugs can slow down the progression of the disease, but not cure it altogether. 藥物可以延緩該病的進展，卻不能完全治愈。 He has a serious lung disease. 他患有嚴重的肺病。 He suffered from coronary heart disease 他患有冠心病。 She got a rare liver disease when she was only twenty. 她年僅 20 歲時患上了一種罕見的肝病。 Lupus is an autoimmune disease. 狼瘡是一種自身免疫性疾病。 Such unhygienic practices spread disease. 這種不衛生的做法會傳播疾病。 Sufferers from Alzheimer's disease may not be able to cope at home. 老年癡呆症患者可能無法在家應對。 The disease has been eradicated from the world. 這種疾病已在全世界得到根除。 The disease has killed 500 people so far this year. 迄今爲止這種疾病今年已經奪走了 500 人的生命。 The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes. 這種疾病是由蚊子傳播的。 The government must take action to fight this deadly disease. 政府必須采取措施與這種致命的疾病作鬥爭。 the difficulty of diagnosing and treating these diseases 診斷和治療這些疾病的困難 They want to stop the disease from spreading. 他們想要阻止這種疾病傳播。 Tobacco lowers the body's resistance to disease. 煙草會降低人體對疾病的抵抗能力。 You can't catch the disease just from physical contact. 僅僅是身體接觸不會染上這種病。 a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency 缺乏維生素引起的疾病 a disease of the digestive system 消化系統的疾病 childhood diseases such as mumps and chicken pox 像流行性腮腺炎和水痘這樣的兒童疾病 fears of a new killer disease 對一種新型致命疾病的恐懼 fears of an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease 對軍團病爆發的恐懼 new drugs which help to control the disease 有助於控制這種疾病的新藥 the number of people with this disease 患這種病的人數 the overall incidence of disease in the world 世界上總的疾病發生率 the risk of coronary heart disease 患冠心病的風險 the ticks that carry the disease 傳播疾病的壁虱 The problem was finally diagnosed as heart disease. 那個毛病最終診斷爲心髒病。 This is an extremely infectious disease. 這是一種傳染性極強的疾病。 protection against sexually transmitted diseases 性傳播疾病的預防
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- outbreak
- have
- suffer from
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- spread
- affect somebody
- afflict somebody
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- with a/the disease
- disease in
- disease of
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- a cure for a disease
- the incidence of (a) disease
- a patient with a disease
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something that is very wrong with people’s attitudes, way of life or with society 弊端；惡疾；痼疾
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘lack of ease; inconvenience’): from Old French desaise ‘lack of ease’, from des- (expressing reversal) + aise ‘ease’.