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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有病的；不健康的 Someone who is
ill is suffering from a disease or a health problem.
[usu v-link ADJ]
[the adv N]
In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia...
1941 年 11 月，佩恩得了严重的肺炎。
I was feeling ill...
我觉得自己生病了。
If damp, musty buildings make you ill, mould is probably the cause...
如果潮湿发霉的建筑令你生病了，霉菌很可能是病因。
Two years ago my husband was declared to be terminally ill.
两年前，我丈夫被诊断患了不治之症。
People who are ill in some way can be referred to as, for example, the mentally ill .有…病的人Usage Note :
The words ill and sick are very similar in meaning, but are used in slightly different ways. Ill is generally not used before a noun, and can be used in verbal expressions such as fall ill and be taken ill. He fell ill shortly before Christmas… One of the jury members was taken ill. Sick is often used before a noun. …sick children. In British English, ill is a slightly more polite, less direct word than sick. Sick often suggests the actual physical feeling of being ill, for example nausea or vomiting. I spent the next 24 hours in bed, groaning and being sick. In American English, sick is often used where British people would say ill. Some people get hurt in accidents or get sick.
ill 和 sick 意义非常相似， 但是用法略有不同。ill通常不用于名词前， 但可用于 fall ill, be taken ill 等动词词组中， 如He fell ill shortly before Christmas (他圣诞节前不久突然病倒了), One of the jury members was taken ill (陪审团的一名成员突然病了)。sick 常用在名词之前，如 sick children (生病的孩子)。在英国英语中， ill 比 sick 更礼貌委婉。sick 常表示生病时的身体感受， 例如恶心、呕吐等：I spent the next 24 hours in bed, groaning and being sick (接下来的 24 个小时我都躺在床上， 不停地呻吟，感到一阵阵恶心)。英国人常用 ill 的情况在美国英语中更常用 sick: Some people get hurt in accidents or get sick (一些人在事故中受伤或生病)。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]困难；难题 Difficulties and problems are sometimes referred to as
ills .
His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.
他的批评者们坚持认为他应该为阿尔及利亚所面临的许多难题负责任。
...various potions that would cure all ills.
解决所有问题的多种方案
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]坏；恶行；伤害 Ill is evil or harm.
They say they mean you no ill.
他们说他们对你并无恶意。
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[ADV-GRADED 副词]同 badly Ill means the same as 'badly'.
The company's conservative instincts sit ill with competition.
该公司保守的本性不利于竞争。
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[ADJ 形容词]有害的；讨厌的 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...
她给家庭带来了厄运。
He says that he bears no ill feelings towards Johnson.
他说他对约翰逊并无恶感。
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[PHRASE 短语]承受不起；负担不起 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...
有可能他不会上场，但是我几乎承受不起失去他的损失。
We can ill afford another scandal...
我们经不起再有丑闻出现了。
It's an ignorance we can ill afford.
这是我们难以承受的无知。
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[PHRASE 短语]是坏的征兆 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.
进展很不顺利，对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。
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[PHRASE 短语]突然生病 If you
fall ill or
are taken ill, you suddenly become ill.
Shortly before Christmas, he was mysteriously taken ill...
圣诞节前不久，他突然不明原因地病倒了。
She fell ill with measles.
她患麻疹病倒了。
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[PHRASE 短语]不论好歹 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.
[oft PHR with cl]
[FORMAL 正式]
Recent events should make everyone modest about saying what cannot happen there, for good or ill.
最近的事件应该会让每个人在预测某处不可能发生什么事时变得谨慎起来，不论是好事还是坏事。
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to
speak ill of someone
→see: speak
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