illness
美音:[´ılnəs
]
英音:[´ılnəs
]
n.疾病,生病
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disease illness sickness ailing sickness infirmity ailment indisposition complaint disorder malady attack seizure stroke fit atrophy indigestion decay deterioration decline
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illness
/'ɪlnɪs; `ɪlnɪs/
n
1 [U] state of being ill in body or mind; lack of health 病; 疾病; 不健康
*We've had a lot of illness in the family. 我们家的人患过很多病.
2 [C] type or period of illness 患的病; 患病期间
*serious illnesses 重病
* recovering after a long illness 久病之後逐渐康复.
n
1 [U] state of being ill in body or mind; lack of health 病; 疾病; 不健康
*We've had a lot of illness in the family. 我们家的人患过很多病.
2 [C] type or period of illness 患的病; 患病期间
*serious illnesses 重病
* recovering after a long illness 久病之後逐渐康复.
illness
n [U and C]
a disease of the body or mind, or the condition of being ill
She had all the normal childhood illnesses .
I'd been told I'd been suffering from various illnesses .
Her mother was just recovering from an illness .
Have you ever had any serious illnesses ?
He died in hospital yesterday after a short illness .
patients with chronic illnesses
Her husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness . (=doctors found that her husband had a terminal illness)
Stress can cause mental illness .
I've never missed a day's work through illness in my life.
ways to improve your health and reduce the risk of illness
→disease
COLLOCATES for sense 1
have an illness/suffer from an illness
recover from an illness
serious illness
minor illness
short/long illness
childhood illness
acute illness (=an illness that becomes serious very quickly)
chronic illness (=an illness that lasts a long time and cannot be cured)
fatal illness (=an illness which causes death)
terminal illness (=an illness which cannot be cured and that causes death, often slowly)
mental illness
the symptoms of an illness (=the things that show that someone has it)
through illness (=because of illness)
WORD CHOICE: illness, disease
Illness and disease are often used in the same way and are equally common in spoken English.
However, illness is more often used to refer to the length of time or state of being unwell : He died after a long illness. | if you are off school because of illness
!! Do not use illness to talk about less serious problems such as headaches or colds.
Disease is a particular kind of illness, especially one that spreads from one person to another or affects a particular part of your body : infectious diseases | heart disease
!! Disease can also be used to mean a lot of different diseases : Cigarette smoking causes death and disease.
a disease of the body or mind, or the condition of being ill
She had all the normal childhood illnesses .
I'd been told I'd been suffering from various illnesses .
Her mother was just recovering from an illness .
Have you ever had any serious illnesses ?
He died in hospital yesterday after a short illness .
patients with chronic illnesses
Her husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness . (=doctors found that her husband had a terminal illness)
Stress can cause mental illness .
I've never missed a day's work through illness in my life.
ways to improve your health and reduce the risk of illness
→disease
COLLOCATES for sense 1
have an illness/suffer from an illness
recover from an illness
serious illness
minor illness
short/long illness
childhood illness
acute illness (=an illness that becomes serious very quickly)
chronic illness (=an illness that lasts a long time and cannot be cured)
fatal illness (=an illness which causes death)
terminal illness (=an illness which cannot be cured and that causes death, often slowly)
mental illness
the symptoms of an illness (=the things that show that someone has it)
through illness (=because of illness)
WORD CHOICE: illness, disease
Illness and disease are often used in the same way and are equally common in spoken English.
However, illness is more often used to refer to the length of time or state of being unwell : He died after a long illness. | if you are off school because of illness
!! Do not use illness to talk about less serious problems such as headaches or colds.
Disease is a particular kind of illness, especially one that spreads from one person to another or affects a particular part of your body : infectious diseases | heart disease
!! Disease can also be used to mean a lot of different diseases : Cigarette smoking causes death and disease.
1. We´ve had a lot of illness in the family.
我们家的人患过很多病.
2. What illness is he suffering from?
他患了什么病？
3. The illness agonized him greatly.
疾病使他极度痛苦。
4. The illness had not really left her; it had gone into hiding, instead, and the physical and mental after-effects of that historical August 6, 1945, would trouble Kaz all the rest of her life.
但是她的病没真正除根，只不过是潜伏起来了而已。历史上这个让人难忘的1945年8月6日给和子的肉体和精神上所带来的后遗症将折磨她的余生。
5. Of the nature of the illness from which his friend was suffering,
不知道他的朋友得的是什么病，
6. Now the snag in this sort of anecdote is of course that one cannot distinguish cause and effect. Was the noise a cause of the illness, or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom?
这类奇闻的疑难之处是无法区别因果关系。是噪音引起了（精神）病呢，还是（精神）病的症状之一是对噪音的抱怨？
7. His long illness emaciated him.
久病使他消瘦了。
8. His long illness emaciated him.
久病使他消瘦了。
9. He has got a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness.
他得了一种长期而耗费体力的疾病。
10. Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid.
疾病的长期折磨把她弄得倦怠不堪, 毫无生气。
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我们家的人患过很多病.
2. What illness is he suffering from?
他患了什么病？
3. The illness agonized him greatly.
疾病使他极度痛苦。
4. The illness had not really left her; it had gone into hiding, instead, and the physical and mental after-effects of that historical August 6, 1945, would trouble Kaz all the rest of her life.
但是她的病没真正除根，只不过是潜伏起来了而已。历史上这个让人难忘的1945年8月6日给和子的肉体和精神上所带来的后遗症将折磨她的余生。
5. Of the nature of the illness from which his friend was suffering,
不知道他的朋友得的是什么病，
6. Now the snag in this sort of anecdote is of course that one cannot distinguish cause and effect. Was the noise a cause of the illness, or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom?
这类奇闻的疑难之处是无法区别因果关系。是噪音引起了（精神）病呢，还是（精神）病的症状之一是对噪音的抱怨？
7. His long illness emaciated him.
久病使他消瘦了。
8. His long illness emaciated him.
久病使他消瘦了。
9. He has got a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness.
他得了一种长期而耗费体力的疾病。
10. Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid.
疾病的长期折磨把她弄得倦怠不堪, 毫无生气。
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