| 单词 | ill |
| 释义 | ill —ill /ɪl/ adjective (NOT WELL) ► A2 not feeling well, or suffering from a disease: » I felt ill so I went home.» He's been ill with meningitis.» Sophia fell ill/was taken ill (= became ill) while on holiday.» He is critically (= very badly) ill in hospital.Thesaurus+: ↑Not fit and healthy , ↑Thin or slender (of people)• • • Extra Examples:» He was very ill for a while but he's all right now.» She felt quite ill from exhaustion.» Don't talk nonsense! She's far too ill to return to work!» It was a shock to see him looking so ill.» Badly cooked shellfish can make you seriously ill.adjective [before noun] FORMAL OR OLD-FASHIONED (BAD) ► C1 bad: » ill health» Did you experience any ill effects from the treatment?Thesaurus+: ↑Not of good quality , ↑Rubbish and waste , ↑Informal words for badadverb F0 LITERARY badly: » He treated her very ill.Thesaurus+: ↑Not of good quality , ↑Rubbish and waste , ↑Informal words for badspeak ill of sb FORMAL OR OLD-FASHIONEDF0 to say unkind things about someone: » I realize one shouldn't speak ill of the dead.Thesaurus+: ↑Critical and uncomplimentaryaugur/bode ill FORMAL OR OLD-FASHIONEDF0 to be a sign of bad things in the future: » This weather bodes ill for the garden party tonight.Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuitioncan ill afford (to do sth) FORMAL OR OLD-FASHIONEDF0 If you can ill afford to do something, it will cause problems for you if you do it: » We can ill afford to lose another member of staff.Thesaurus+: ↑Merely and barely , ↑Almostnoun F0 [U] FORMAL OR OLD-FASHIONED harm: » I wish her no ill.Thesaurus+: ↑Damaging and spoiling , ↑Destroying and demolishingF0 [C usually plural] a problem: » There seems to be no cure for Britain's economic/social ills.Thesaurus+: ↑Difficult things and people , ↑Preventing and impeding |
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