- [uncountable]
illness; bad health 疾病;不健康 Synonyms illnessillness- sickness
- ill health
- trouble
- illness
the state of being physically or mentally ill 指身体或精神上的疾病 - sickness illness; bad health:
I recommend you get insurance against sickness and unemployment. 我建议你办个疾病和失业保险。
illness or sickness? Sickness is used especially in contexts concerning work and insurance. It is commonly found with words such as pay, leave, absence and insurance. Illness has a wider range of uses and is found in more general contexts.用 illness 还是 sickness? - ill health (rather formal
) the state of being physically ill or having lots of health problems: 指健康状况不佳: She resigned because of ill health. 她因健康状况不佳而辞职。
- trouble illness or pain:
heart trouble. 心脏疾病
- chronic illness/sickness/ill health
- to suffer from illness/sickness/ill health/heart, etc. trouble
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb2Staff sickness rates are at record levels. 员工发病率创历史新高。 The Personnel Department keeps a record of employees absent through sickness. 人事部把员工因病缺勤的情况记录下来。 The policy includes long-term sickness cover. 保险单包括长期疾病保险。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chronic
- long
- long-term
- …
- feign
- absence
- benefit
- cover
- …
- due to sickness
- owing to sickness
- through sickness
- …
- [uncountable, countable, usually singular]
a particular type of illness or disease …病;…症 travel/radiation sickness 旅行/辐射疾病 a sickness common in the tropics 热带常见病。 This activity may induce motion sickness. 这种活动可能引发晕动病。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- chronic
- severe
- …
- cause
- induce
- experience
- …
- [uncountable] (especially British English)
the feeling that you are likely to vomit (= bring food back up from the stomach to the mouth); the fact of vomiting synonym nausea恶心;呕吐 symptoms include sickness and diarrhoea 症状包括呕吐和腹泻 The sickness passed off after a while. 过了一会儿,就不觉得恶心了。
Extra ExamplesThe sickness rose inside him. 他心里一阵恶心。 After a few minutes the sickness subsided. 几分钟过后,恶心的感觉渐渐缓解了。 Several workers complained of feelings of sickness and headaches. 几个工人表示感到恶心、头痛。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + sickness- suffer
- suffer from
- rise
- a feeling of sickness
- [singular]
a feeling of being very sad, disappointed or full of horror 悲伤;失望;厌恶;反感 He felt a sickness rise in him at the thought of leaving. 一想到要离开,他就感到一阵恶心。
Word OriginOld English sēocnesse (see sick, -ness).