illness

illness

英 [ˈɪlnəs]
　　美 ['ɪlnəs]

n. 病；疾病

n.(名詞)illness是由ill加後綴ness構成的合成詞,是“病,疾病”的意思,多指生病的狀態。illness強調疾病的種類時,用作可數名詞; 表示抽象含義,強調生病的狀況時,用作不可數名詞。after illness可指“病愈之後”,也可指“生病以後”。

中文詞源：

illness 疾病

ill,病的，-ness,名詞後綴。

例句：

1. Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years.
最近幾年對精神病的態度已有所改變。

2. He boasts of dodging military service by feigning illness.
他炫耀自己通過裝病來逃避服兵役。

3. She was determined not to let the illness take hold again.
她決心不讓疾病再次擊垮自己。

4. Although her illness is serious, her condition is beginning to stabilize.
雖然她病得很重，但病情正開始趨於穩定。

5. The illness had a profound effect on his outlook.
這場病對他的人生觀產生瞭深刻的影響。