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an illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection 病；疾病 heart/lung/liver disease 心脏病/肺病/肝病 In 19th century England, infectious diseases were the principal cause of death. 在19世纪的英国，传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 预防疾病传播的保健措施 Smoking increases the risk of heart disease. 吸烟会增加罹患心脏病的风险。 It is not known what causes the disease. 这种病的起因不明。 He suffers from a rare blood disease. 他患有一种罕见的血液病。 Sailors who ate no fresh food contracted the disease. 不吃新鲜食物的水手染上了这种疾病。 It's better to prevent disease by ensuring a clean water supply. 更好的方法是通过确保供给洁净水来预防疾病。 to treat/cure a disease 治疗/治愈疾病 to spread/transmit a disease 传播疾病 Cattle had to be slaughtered after an outbreak of the disease. 疾病爆发后，牛不得不被宰杀。 patients with coronary heart disease 冠心病患者 cardiovascular/pulmonary/respiratory disease 心血管/肺部/呼吸系统疾病
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. 他患有一种罕见的血液病。
- 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 还是 illness？ - 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
- 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
- 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／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 Illnessa2Children are still dying in their millions from preventable diseases. 仍有数以百万计的儿童死于本可预防的疾病。 Humans can contract the disease, which is treatable with antibiotics. 人类会感染这种可以用抗生素治疗的疾病。 the problem of controlling pests and disease with organic gardening methods 用有机园艺方法控制病虫害的问题 Gene therapy was first pursued in an attempt to cure genetic diseases. 基因疗法最初是为了试图治愈遗传病。 We face the challenge of finding new ways to treat diseases. 我们面临着寻找治疗疾病的新方法的挑战。 Quarantine is important for animal disease prevention. 检疫对动物疾病的预防很重要。 Drugs can slow down the progression of the disease, but not cure it altogether. 药物可以延缓该病的进展，却不能完全治愈。 He has a serious lung disease. 他患有严重的肺病。 He suffered from coronary heart disease 他患有冠心病。 She got a rare liver disease when she was only twenty. 她年仅 20 岁时患上了一种罕见的肝病。 Lupus is an autoimmune disease. 狼疮是一种自身免疫性疾病。 Such unhygienic practices spread disease. 这种不卫生的做法会传播疾病。 Sufferers from Alzheimer's disease may not be able to cope at home. 老年痴呆症患者可能无法在家应对。 The disease has been eradicated from the world. 这种疾病已在全世界得到根除。 The disease has killed 500 people so far this year. 迄今为止这种疾病今年已经夺走了 500 人的生命。 The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes. 这种疾病是由蚊子传播的。 The government must take action to fight this deadly disease. 政府必须采取措施与这种致命的疾病作斗争。 the difficulty of diagnosing and treating these diseases 诊断和治疗这些疾病的困难 They want to stop the disease from spreading. 他们想要阻止这种疾病传播。 Tobacco lowers the body's resistance to disease. 烟草会降低人体对疾病的抵抗能力。 You can't catch the disease just from physical contact. 仅仅是身体接触不会染上这种病。 a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency 缺乏维生素引起的疾病 a disease of the digestive system 消化系统的疾病 childhood diseases such as mumps and chicken pox 像流行性腮腺炎和水痘这样的儿童疾病 fears of a new killer disease 对一种新型致命疾病的恐惧 fears of an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease 对军团病爆发的恐惧 new drugs which help to control the disease 有助于控制这种疾病的新药 the number of people with this disease 患这种病的人数 the overall incidence of disease in the world 世界上总的疾病发生率 the risk of coronary heart disease 患冠心病的风险 the ticks that carry the disease 传播疾病的壁虱 The problem was finally diagnosed as heart disease. 那个毛病最终诊断为心脏病。 This is an extremely infectious disease. 这是一种传染性极强的疾病。 protection against sexually transmitted diseases 性传播疾病的预防
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- obscure
- rare
- …
- outbreak
- have
- suffer from
- catch
- …
- spread
- affect somebody
- afflict somebody
- …
- with a/the disease
- disease in
- disease of
- …
- a cure for a disease
- the incidence of (a) disease
- a patient with a disease
- …
- [countable] (formal)
something that is very wrong with people’s attitudes, way of life or with society 弊端；恶疾；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’.