ill

ill
adjective
  1. not in full health; sick
    生病的，不舒服的
    her daughter is seriously ill.
    她女儿病得很严重。
    [with submodifier]a terminally ill patient.
    晚期疾病患者。
  2. [attrib.]poor in quality
    坏的，差的，次的
    ill judgement dogs the unsuccessful.
    错误的判断困扰着失败的人。
    ■harmful
    有害的
    she had a cup of the same wine and suffered no ill effects.
    她也喝了杯同样的酒，却没有受到伤害。
    ■hostile
    恶意的
    I bear you no ill will.
    我对你没有任何恶意。
    ■(especially of fortune) not favourable
    （尤指运气）不顺的
    no one less des erved such ill fortune than McStay.
    麦克斯代完全不应该有这样的霉运。
adverb
  1. [usu. in combination]badly, wrongly, or imperfectly
    糟糕地；错误地；有缺陷地
    some of his premises seem ill-chosen.
    看来他的一些前提选择不当。
    it ill becomes one so beautiful to be gloomy.
    这么美的人不应这么忧郁。
    ■unfavourably or inauspiciously
    不利地；不吉利地，不祥地
    something which boded ill for unwary golfers.
    粗心大意的高尔夫球手们的不祥之兆。
  2. only with difficulty; hardly
    艰难地；几乎不
    she could ill afford the cost of new curtains.
    她几乎出不起钱买新窗帘。
noun
  1. [as pluralnoun the ill]people who are ill
    病人，患者
    a day centre for the mentally ill.
    精神病人日间照管中心。
  2. (一般作 ills)a problem or misfortune
    问题；灾祸，不幸
    a lengthy work on the ills of society.
    一部关于社会问题的长篇作品。
    ■[mass noun]evil; harm
    坏，邪恶；伤害，损害
    how could I wish him ill?.
    我怎能希望他坏呢？。
常用词组
ill at ease
  1. uncomfortable or embarrassed
    不安；局促
speak (或 think) ill of
  1. say (or think) something critical about
    苛责，批评，说…的坏话，把…想得很坏
语源
  1. Middle English (in the senses 'wicked', 'malevolent', 'harmful', and 'difficult'): from Old Norse illr 'evil, difficult', of unknown origin
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