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Ailing Firms Adj 形容词 英 Eɪlɪŋ] 美 Eɪlɪŋ Adj.生病的;境况不佳的

英语单词 ailing
英美音标 英 ['eɪlɪŋ] 美 ['eɪlɪŋ]
中文释义 adj.生病的;境况不佳的
动词ail的现在分词.
英语例句 (1) The doctor was called out to see an ailing child.
(2) He is as thin as his ailing brother.
(3) Will anyone offer to buy Italy's ailing national airline?
(4) Small firms will enjoy laxer rules on writing off expenses and ailing firms will get rebates for taxes already paid.
中文例句 (1) 医生被请去看一个生病的孩子。
(2) 他和他生病的弟弟一样瘦。
(3) 有人愿出价购买意大利境况不佳的国家航空公司么?
(4) 小公司将享受在注销支出方面的宽松规定,而境况不佳的公司将会从已经缴纳的税款中得到回扣。
vocabulary简明 Someone who's ailing is sick. You might visit your ailing grandmother in the hospital.
vocabulary扩展 You can use the adjective ailing to describe someone who's very ill, or use it figuratively, to talk about "our ailing economy," or "the ailing school system." The next time you call in sick to work, you might say, "I can't come in today — I'm afraid I'm ailing." Ailing comes from the verb ail, "trouble or afflict," from the Old English eglan, "to trouble, plague, or pain."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词]处境困难的;境况不佳的;衰退的 An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • The rise in overseas sales is good news for the ailing American economy.

    海外销售额的上升对于不景气的美国经济来说是个好消息。

2
[ADJ 形容词]生病的;抱恙的;体衰的 If someone is ailing, they are ill and are not getting better.
  [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
  • He is said to be ailing at his home in Washington.

    据说他身体欠佳,正呆在华盛顿的家中。

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