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sicken

vt.使患病,使嫌恶,使恶心或昏晕 vi.得病,变厌腻

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名词:sickener 动词过去式:sickened 过去分词:sickened 现在分词:sickening 第三人称单数:sickens

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sicken


/'sɪkən; `sɪkən/
v
1 [Tn] cause (sb) to feel disgusted 使(某人)感到厌恶或恶心
*Cruelty sickens most of us. 我们大多数人都对残暴行为十分愤慨.
* Their business methods sicken me. 我很讨厌他们做生意的手法.
* I was sickened at/by the sight of the dead body. 我看到那死尸感到很恶心.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) (Brit) begin to be ill; become ill 生病; 患病
*slowly sickened and died 慢慢病死了
* She looks so pale. Is she sickening for something? 她气色很不好. 是不是得了什么病了?
3 (phr v) sicken of sth (fml 文) become weary of or disgusted with sth 厌倦或厌恶某事物
*I began to sicken of the endless violence shown on television. 我逐渐对电视上无尽无休的暴力镜头感到厌恶.

sicken


v
[T]
to make you feel shocked and angry, especially because you strongly disapprove of something
= disgust
 The thought of such cruelty sickened her.
 All decent people should be sickened by such a pointless waste of life.
[I]old-fashioned to gradually become very ill
 The older people just sickened and died as food supplies ran low.
be sickening for [be sickening for sth] phr v
to be starting to have an illness
 Perhaps you're sickening for something.
sicken of [sicken of sth] phr v
to lose your desire for something or your interest in it
 He finally sickened of the endless round of parties and idle conversation.