ill和sick这两个词词性,运用各有何不同?
ill和sick这两个词词性,运用各有何不同?
ill和sick这两个词词性,运用各有何不同?
ill和sick这两个词词性,运用各有何不同?
ill和sick是一对容易混淆的词,他们在意义和用法上有相同之处,也有不可替代之处.
1. ill和sick均有“有病的”、“患病的”、“(身体)不适的”之意,用来表示健康状况不佳.如:
Her uncle was sick yesterday. 她的叔叔昨天生病了.
She was ill with anxiety. 她因忧虑而病了.
在这种情况下这两个词的用法没有差别.
2. ill与sick用来修饰名词时,它们的意义则不相同.sick作定语时,表示“有病的”、“患病的”、“(身体)不适的”,ill则表示“坏的”、“邪恶的”、“不吉祥的”.如:
She had to look after her sick grandfather. 她得照顾她生病的爷爷.
He is kind, but has an ill temper. 他很善良,但脾气很坏.
3. sick意为“反胃、作呕”等,而ill无此意.如:
I feel sick. Where's the bathroom?我想吐,盥洗间在哪儿?
She's never sea-sick. 她从不晕船.
4. 在sick一词前加上定冠词“the”, 则构成“the sick”,意为“病人”,但ill则不行.如:
We should give our seats to the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled on the bus. 乘车时我们应该给老弱病残让座.
5. sick与of连用构成词组“be sick of”时,可用来表示“be very tired of”(对……感到厌倦),“be fed up with”(对……感到发腻),ill则不能用来代替.如:
I'm sick of being blamed for everything that goes wrong. 我厌恶每件事都因我受责备.