ill
adj. 有病的; 有害的; 不吉利的
n. 困難; 惡行
adv. 惡劣地; 差勁; 困難地
Someone who is ill is suffering from a disease or a health problem.
In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia...
1941 年 11 月,佩恩得了嚴重的肺炎。
I was feeling ill...
我覺得自己生病了。
Difficulties and problems are sometimes referred to as ills .
His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.
他的批評者們堅持認為他應該為阿爾及利亞所面臨的許多難題負責任。
...various potions that would cure all ills.
解決所有問題的多種方案
Ill is evil or harm.
They say they mean you no ill.
他們說他們對你並無惡意。
Ill means the same as 'badly'.
The company's conservative instincts sit ill with competition.
該公司保守的本性不利於競爭。
You can use ill in front of some nouns to indicate that you are referring to something harmful or unpleasant.
She had brought ill luck into her family...
她給家庭帶來了厄運。
He says that he bears no ill feelings towards Johnson.
他說他對約翰遜並無惡感。
If you say that someone can ill afford to do something, or can ill afford something, you mean that they must prevent it from happening because it would be harmful or embarrassing to them.
It's possible he won't play but I can ill afford to lose him...
有可能他不會上場,但是我幾乎承受不起失去他的損失。
We can ill afford another scandal...
我們經不起再有醜聞出現了。
If something bodes ill or augurs ill, it gives you a reason to fear that something harmful might happen soon.
It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.
進展很不順利,對俄羅斯議會來說這可能是個壞兆頭。
If you fall ill or are taken ill, you suddenly become ill.
Shortly before Christmas, he was mysteriously taken ill...
聖誕節前不久,他突然不明原因地病倒了。
She fell ill with measles.
她患麻疹病倒了。
If you say that something is happening or will happen for good or ill, you mean that it is out of anyone's control whether it happens and what its effects will be.
Recent events should make everyone modest about saying what cannot happen there, for good or ill.
最近的事件應該會讓每個人在預測某處不可能發生什麼事時變得謹慎起來,不論是好事還是壞事。
1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
1. not in good physical or mental health;
2. resulting in suffering or adversity;
3. distressing;
4. indicating hostility or enmity;
5. presaging ill-fortune;
1. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well;
2. unfavorably or with disapproval;
3. with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly;
bad, evil, ill, poor, wicked
這些形容詞均含"壞的"之意。
ill, sick
這兩個形容詞均有"生病的"之意。
ill at ease
不安;侷促
speak (或 think) ill of
苛責,批評,說…的壞話,把…想得很壞
Being seriously ill, and in fear of death, he made his will.
他病得很重, 害怕會死去, 便立了遺囑.
He is very ill and keeps asking for his daughter.
他病得很厲害,再三要求見他的女兒.
Her mother was gravely ill.
她母親病得很重.
He was dropped from the team amid speculation that he was seriously ill.
在一片以為他得了重病的猜測中,他被隊裡除名了.
He is a sturdy boy. He hardly ever gets ill.
這孩子皮實,輕易不鬧病.