词汇精选:sick的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
不舒服的,有病的,病态的
例句:
In dealing with sick old people nurses must practise great patience.
照顾老年病人,护士必须付出相当大的耐心。
例句:
He was so sick that he vomited right in the middle of dinner.
他很不舒服了,晚餐吃到一半的时候就呕吐了。
恶心的,厌恶的
例句:
I will say the very thought of you make me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.
我就说,我一想起你就恶心,你对我残酷到了可耻的地步。
例句:
A dim, sick, faint feeling came over him.
他心中涌起一阵微微的昏晕恶心的感觉。
渴望的
例句:
He was sick for a sight of her by then.
在这期间他非常渴望看到他。
n.
病人
例句:
Moral responsibility is the burden of the sick as well as the healthy.
担负起道德责任不仅是健康人的职责,也是患者的义务。
例句:
He raised his voice against the lack of provision for the mentally sick.
他强烈反对对精神病患者的供给缺乏。
例句:
Norman is [sick].
诺曼生病了。
v.
攻击,使狗去咬 [T]
例句:
The brat sicked his dog on the passer-by.
那个顽童纵狗去咬过路人。
二、词义辨析:
ill,sick
这两个形容词均有“生病的”之意。ill在英国较常用,指“生病”时,通常作表语,不可作定语。在美国,ill用作表语时可与sick换用。sick多用于美国,作“生病”解时,既可作表语,也可作定语。在英国,sick作表语,不指生病,而指“恶心、呕吐”。
三、相关短语:
sick berth
n. 船上诊所,病房
sick leave
n. 病假,病假工资
sick list
n. 病人名单
sick pay
n. 病假工资
sick of
厌烦
sick benefit
n. 患病津贴
sick call
n. [军]就诊伤员集合
sick headache
n. 伴有呕吐的头痛
sick parade
n. <英>[军](请病假的)病号
sick person
病员,患者
be sick
恶心, 呕吐
四、参考例句:
The sick woman moaned.
那位生病的女人在呻吟。
He's very sick.
他病得很厉害。
Norman is sick.
诺曼生病了。
It will make you sick.
那会使你生病。
He's sick from malnutrition.
他因营养不良而生病。
His mother's very sick.
I feel sick of her.
我特别讨厌她。
She has a sick stomach.
她有胃病。
Her mother is very sick.
她母亲病得很厉害。
I'm sick of your slams.
对于你的谩骂我真受够了。