ill
/ˈɪl/KK
變化形
iller
illest
1.
生病的；身體不舒服的
身體因疾病或不適而感覺不舒服，或健康狀況不佳。
用法：通常放在 be、feel、look、become 等連綴動詞後：be ill、feel ill。作名詞前定語時較常見於正式搭配，如 ill health、an ill child；一般不說 an ill day。
I stayed home from school because I felt ill this morning.
我今天早上覺得身體不舒服，所以待在家裡沒去上學。
Her grandfather has been seriously ill, so the family visited him at the hospital.
她的祖父病得很重，所以家人去醫院探望他。
2.
想吐的；噁心的
因暈車、吃太多、聞到強烈氣味等而感到噁心，可能會吐。
用法：多用在 feel ill 或 be ill 後面，不直接修飾名詞。若要明確表達噁心，美式英文可說 feel sick 或 feel nauseous。
I felt ill after reading on the bus all the way to Taipei.
我在去臺北的公車上一路看書，後來覺得想吐。
The bad smell made him feel ill.
難聞的氣味讓他感到不舒服。
常見錯誤
I am ill with a cold yesterday.
I was ill with a cold yesterday.
She is illness today.
She is ill today.
I am very ill, so I want to vomit.
I feel sick, so I think I might vomit.
I took an ill leave from school.
I took sick leave from school.
相關字詞
學習提示
・ill 最常用於 be ill 或 feel ill。
・美式日常英文中，說「生病」常用 sick；但 seriously ill、mentally ill、ill health 等搭配很固定，不能隨意替換。
・不要把 ill 當成名詞使用；「疾病」或「生病狀態」要用 illness。