| 英语单词 | ailing |
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| 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]
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]
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