illness

英[ˈɪlnəs] 美['ɪlnəs]

反义词health

复数: illnesses;

illness ......又要你死 .......病

illness 疾病

ill,病的，-ness,名词后缀。

illness (n.): "disease, sickness," 1680s, from ill + -ness. Earlier it meant "bad moral quality" (c. 1500).

1. Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years.: 最近几年对精神病的态度已有所改变。

2. He boasts of dodging military service by feigning illness.: 他炫耀自己通过装病来逃避服兵役。

3. She was determined not to let the illness take hold again.: 她决心不让疾病再次击垮自己。

4. Although her illness is serious, her condition is beginning to stabilize.: 虽然她病得很重，但病情正开始趋于稳定。