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ill/il/ adj., adv. & n.●adj. (作 attrib. except in sense 1 除释义 1 外) 1 (usu. 通常作 predic.; often foll. by 常后跟 with) out of health; sick 不健康的；有病的 is ill 生病; was taken ill with pneumonia 得了肺炎; mentally ill people 精神病患者 2 wretched, unfavourable 坏的，不利的 ill fortune 命运不佳; ill luck 不幸 3 harmful 有害的 ill effects 恶果 4 hostile, unkind 有敌意的，不友善的 ill feeling 反感 5 archaic morally bad [古义]道德败坏的 6 faulty, unskilful 不完善的，不灵巧的 ill taste 味道不佳; ill management 管理不善 7 (of manners or conduct) improper (方式、行为)不恰当的 ●adv. 1 badly, wrongly 坏地，恶劣地 ill-matched 不相称地 2a imperfectly 不完全，不完善 ill-provided 供应不充分 b scarcely 几乎不 can ill afford to do it 几乎不能做这件事 3 unfavourably 不利地 it would have gone ill with them 将对他们不利 ●n. 1 injury, harm 损害，伤害 2 evil; the opposite of good 邪恶；坏 □ do an ill turn to harm (a person or a person's interests) 伤害(某人或损害某人的利益) □ ill at ease embarrassed, uneasy 局促不安，不自在 □ speak ill of say something unfavourable about 说…的坏话 [Middle English from Old Norse illr, of unknown origin]■ Usage 用法说明 The use of ill to mean ‘vomiting’ or ‘tending to vomit’, as in He was outside being ill is non-standard. See also Usage Note at SICK1. 可用 ill 来表示“呕吐”或“想吐”，如 He was outside being ill (他想吐，在外面呆着)系非规范英语。另见 SICK1 的用法说明。 |