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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,佩恩得了严重的肺炎。
I was feeling ill...
我觉得自己生病了。
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N-COUNT
困难;难题
Difficulties and problems are sometimes referred to as ills .
例句
His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.
他的批评者们坚持认为他应该为阿尔及利亚所面临的许多难题负责任。
...various potions that would cure all ills.
解决所有问题的多种方案
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N-UNCOUNT
坏;恶行;伤害
Ill is evil or harm.
例句
They say they mean you no ill.
他们说他们对你并无恶意。
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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.
该公司保守的本性不利于竞争。
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ADJ
有害的;讨厌的
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...
她给家庭带来了厄运。
He says that he bears no ill feelings towards Johnson.
他说他对约翰逊并无恶感。
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PHRASE
承受不起;负担不起
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...
有可能他不会上场,但是我几乎承受不起失去他的损失。
We can ill afford another scandal...
我们经不起再有丑闻出现了。
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PHRASE
是坏的征兆
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.
进展很不顺利,对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。
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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...
圣诞节前不久,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
不论好歹
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.
最近的事件应该会让每个人在预测某处不可能发生什么事时变得谨慎起来,不论是好事还是坏事。