sickness
英 ['sɪknɪs]
美['sɪknəs]
- n. 疾病;呕吐;弊病
同义词辨析
illness, sickness, disease, complaint
这些名词均有"疾病"之意。
illness: 不具体指,而是泛指一切疾病,强调生病的时间或状语,语体较sickness正式一些。
sickness: 较口语化,可与illness换用,但还可表示"恶心"。
disease: 指具体的疾病,且通常较严重,发病时间也较长。
complaint: 现代英语中,既可指症状,也可指疾病。
双语例句
- 1. The official reason given for the President's absence was sickness.
- 对外公布的总统未到场原因是身体有恙。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The contributions employees pay give cover against sickness, including chronic invalidity.
- 员工的定期缴款用来支付生病的花费,包括长期病残的开销。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Think carefully before you insure against accident, sickness and redundancy.
- 在为意外事故、疾病与失业投保之前一定要考虑清楚。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. In fifty-two years of working he had one week of sickness.
- 在52年的工作中他仅病过一周。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He felt a great rush of sickness.
- 他忽然觉得非常想吐。
来自柯林斯例句