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单词 sicken
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sicken
verb
uk
/ˈsɪk.ən/us
/ˈsɪk.ən/

sickenverb(ILL)

[I]
tobecomeill:
生病，得病
literaryThechildsickened anddied.那孩子生病死了。
UK"Youlookfeverish. Are you sickeningfor(= about tobecomeillwith)something?"“你好像在发烧。你生什么病了吗？”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Being & falling ill
  • acquire
  • be a martyr tosomethingidiom
  • be green around the gillsidiom
  • be hangingidiom
  • be laid upidiom
  • break
  • bring
  • catchyourdeath of coldidiom
  • KO
  • martyr
  • not a hundred percentidiom
  • pick
  • picksomeone/somethingup
  • predisposed
  • present
  • relapse
  • serious
  • shiver
  • strike
  • succumb
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sickenverb(UNPLEASANT)

[T]
tocausesomeone tofeelunpleasantemotions,especiallyangerandshock:
使难受；使愤怒；使震惊
Theviolencein thefilmsickened me.电影中的暴力让我十分反感。
He was sickenedby/atthenumberofpeoplewho werehurtin thecrash.飞机失事中的受伤人数之多令他感到震惊。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making people sad, shocked and upset
  • aback
  • amiss
  • appal
  • be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
  • bite
  • gnaw
  • haunt
  • heartbreaker
  • heartbreakingly
  • hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
  • mess
  • nerve
  • screw(something)up
  • sensitivity
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shakesomeoneup
  • shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
  • shattering
  • tear
  • toxic
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(Definition ofsickenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sicken| American Dictionary

sicken
verb
us
/ˈsɪk·ən/

sickenverb(BECOME ILL)

[I]
tobecomesick:
Theanimalssickened anddied.

sickenverb(CAUSE TO FEEL BAD)

[T]
tocausesomeone toexperienceunpleasantfeelingssuch asshockandanger:
I was sickened by theattitudeofpeoplewho could takeenjoymentin the building’sdestruction.
(Definition ofsickenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsicken

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We all understand why they had to start, but their triumphalism has certainly sickened us.
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The growth of human rights groups has shown that many people in the country are now entirely sickened by the conflict.
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All of us will have been sickened at various moments when we have read of some new atrocious crime committed against women or children.
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Nothing sickens us more than to see money wasted.
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Management has been so sickened by the pressures imposed upon it that it has been looking for some respite from these grave labour problems.
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Everyone is totally sickened by these crimes which have continued for so long.
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They do not know what it is all about and it just sickens them.
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We were all shocked, alarmed and sickened at the savagery which was unleashed before our eyes.
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One aspect of the continuing argument with certain sections of the tobacco industry still sickens me.
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What does that person not expect to see and what causes that person to be horrified and sickened?
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The fact that he surrounds himself with religious fundamentalists sickens me.
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One thing which has sickened me is the way in which patients are treated almost as if they were a nuisance.
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We are also sickened by the hypocrisy in the world in failing to deal with it.
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I have been sickened by modern party political battles which are so much less civilised than they were in my day.
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I have been a little sickened by the argument about personal freedom.
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