361 ill,sick,sickly和diseased
① ill表示“生病的”,多用于fall/become/be taken ill(生病),be ill(病了)中。
② sick在美式英语中表示“生病的”,也表示“欲呕吐的”。
He has been ill for a year. (英式英语)
=He has been sick for a year. (美式英语)他病了已有一年之久。
The smell made me ill.
The smell made me sick.
这味道令我作呕。
③ sick可表示“厌恶的”,用于be sick of…,相当于be tired of…,be fed up with…,be bored with…。
I am sick of his arrogance. 他的傲慢令我厌恶。
I'm sick of listening to her complaints. 我对她的抱怨都听厌了。
提示
①sick表示“生病的”时,可作定语。
The sick man is lying in bed. 病人躺在床上。
②ill作定语表示“坏的,丑的”等。
Ill news spread far. 恶事传千里。
He has an ill temper. 他脾气坏。
③前有副词修饰时,表示“病的”,ill可作定语。
They are mentally ill people. 他们是精神病患者。
④ sickly是指“老病号的,常病的”,作表语、定语都可以。
a sickly child 一个久病的孩子
⑤ diseased是因感染或机能失调而得病,作定语和表语都可以。
The doctor removed the patient's diseased left lung. 医生摘除了病人病变的左肺。