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ADJ-GRADED
有病的;不健康的
Someone who is ill is suffering from a disease or a health problem.
例句
In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia...
1941 年 11 月,佩恩得了嚴(yán)重的肺炎。
I was feeling ill...
我覺得自己生病了。
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N-COUNT
困難;難題
Difficulties and problems are sometimes referred to as ills .
例句
His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.
他的批評者們堅持認(rèn)為他應(yīng)該為阿爾及利亞所面臨的許多難題負(fù)責(zé)任。
...various potions that would cure all ills.
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N-UNCOUNT
壞;惡行;傷害
Ill is evil or harm.
例句
They say they mean you no ill.
他們說他們對你并無惡意。
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ADV-GRADED
同 badly
Ill means the same as 'badly'.
例句
The company's conservative instincts sit ill with competition.
該公司保守的本性不利于競爭。
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ADJ
有害的;討厭的
You can use ill in front of some nouns to indicate that you are referring to something harmful or unpleasant.
例句
She had brought ill luck into her family...
她給家庭帶來了厄運。
He says that he bears no ill feelings towards Johnson.
他說他對約翰遜并無惡感。
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PHRASE
承受不起;負(fù)擔(dān)不起
If you say that someone can ill afford to do something, or can ill afford something, you mean that they must prevent it from happening because it would be harmful or embarrassing to them.
例句
It's possible he won't play but I can ill afford to lose him...
有可能他不會上場,但是我?guī)缀醭惺懿黄鹗ニ膿p失。
We can ill afford another scandal...
我們經(jīng)不起再有丑聞出現(xiàn)了。
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PHRASE
是壞的征兆
If something bodes ill or augurs ill, it gives you a reason to fear that something harmful might happen soon.
例句
It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.
進(jìn)展很不順利,對俄羅斯議會來說這可能是個壞兆頭。
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PHRASE
突然生病
If you fall ill or are taken ill, you suddenly become ill.
例句
Shortly before Christmas, he was mysteriously taken ill...
圣誕節(jié)前不久,他突然不明原因地病倒了。
She fell ill with measles.
她患麻疹病倒了。
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PHRASE
不論好歹
If you say that something is happening or will happen for good or ill, you mean that it is out of anyone's control whether it happens and what its effects will be.
例句
Recent events should make everyone modest about saying what cannot happen there, for good or ill.
最近的事件應(yīng)該會讓每個人在預(yù)測某處不可能發(fā)生什么事時變得謹(jǐn)慎起來,不論是好事還是壞事。