- (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. 他仍然病危在医院。 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 海湾战争后生病的老兵 - (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，因为它们会让我生病。 - ill with something
He'd been ill with cancer for months. 他患癌症已经好几个月了。
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. 那种政府腐败让我很不舒服。
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愉快的感觉。 I don't want any ill feelings between us. 我不想我们之间有任何芥蒂。
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