- [uncountable]
illness; bad health 疾病;不健康 Synonyms illnessillness- sickness
- ill health
- trouble
- illness
the state of being physically or mentally ill 指身體或精神上的疾病 - sickness illness; bad health:
I recommend you get insurance against sickness and unemployment. 我建議你辦個疾病和失業保險。
illness or sickness? Sickness is used especially in contexts concerning work and insurance. It is commonly found with words such as pay, leave, absence and insurance. Illness has a wider range of uses and is found in more general contexts.用 illness 還是 sickness? - ill health (rather formal
) the state of being physically ill or having lots of health problems: 指健康狀況不佳: She resigned because of ill health. 她因健康狀況不佳而辭職。
- trouble illness or pain:
heart trouble. 心髒疾病
- chronic illness/sickness/ill health
- to suffer from illness/sickness/ill health/heart, etc. trouble
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb2Staff sickness rates are at record levels. 員工發病率創歷史新高。 The Personnel Department keeps a record of employees absent through sickness. 人事部把員工因病缺勤的情況記錄下來。 The policy includes long-term sickness cover. 保險單包括長期疾病保險。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chronic
- long
- long-term
- …
- feign
- absence
- benefit
- cover
- …
- due to sickness
- owing to sickness
- through sickness
- …
- [uncountable, countable, usually singular]
a particular type of illness or disease …病;…症 travel/radiation sickness 旅行/輻射疾病 a sickness common in the tropics 熱帶常見病。 This activity may induce motion sickness. 這種活動可能引發暈動病。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- chronic
- severe
- …
- cause
- induce
- experience
- …
- [uncountable] (especially British English)
the feeling that you are likely to vomit (= bring food back up from the stomach to the mouth); the fact of vomiting synonym nausea惡心;嘔吐 symptoms include sickness and diarrhoea 症狀包括嘔吐和腹瀉 The sickness passed off after a while. 過了一會兒,就不覺得惡心了。
Extra ExamplesThe sickness rose inside him. 他心裏一陣惡心。 After a few minutes the sickness subsided. 幾分鐘過後,惡心的感覺漸漸緩解了。 Several workers complained of feelings of sickness and headaches. 幾個工人表示感到惡心、頭痛。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + sickness- suffer
- suffer from
- rise
- a feeling of sickness
- [singular]
a feeling of being very sad, disappointed or full of horror 悲傷;失望;厭惡;反感 He felt a sickness rise in him at the thought of leaving. 一想到要離開,他就感到一陣惡心。
Word OriginOld English sēocnesse (see sick, -ness).