詞彙精選:sick的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
不舒服的,有病的,病態的
例句:
In dealing with sick old people nurses must practise great patience.
照顧老年病人,護士必須付出相當大的耐心。
例句:
He was so sick that he vomited right in the middle of dinner.
他很不舒服了,晚餐吃到一半的時候就嘔吐了。
噁心的,厭惡的
例句:
I will say the very thought of you make me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.
我就說,我一想起你就噁心,你對我殘酷到了可恥的地步。
例句:
A dim, sick, faint feeling came over him.
他心中湧起一陣微微的昏暈噁心的感覺。
渴望的
例句:
He was sick for a sight of her by then.
在這期間他非常渴望看到他。
n.
病人
例句:
Moral responsibility is the burden of the sick as well as the healthy.
擔負起道德責任不僅是健康人的職責,也是患者的義務。
例句:
He raised his voice against the lack of provision for the mentally sick.
他強烈反對對精神病患者的供給缺乏。
例句:
Norman is [sick].
諾曼生病了。
v.
攻擊,使狗去咬 [T]
例句:
The brat sicked his dog on the passer-by.
那個頑童縱狗去咬過路人。
二、詞義辨析:
ill,sick
這兩個形容詞均有“生病的”之意。ill在英國較常用,指“生病”時,通常作表語,不可作定語。在美國,ill用作表語時可與sick換用。sick多用於美國,作“生病”解時,既可作表語,也可作定語。在英國,sick作表語,不指生病,而指“噁心、嘔吐”。
三、相關短語:
sick berth
n. 船上診所,病房
sick leave
n. 病假,病假工資
sick list
n. 病人名單
sick pay
n. 病假工資
sick of
厭煩
sick benefit
n. 患病津貼
sick call
n. [軍]就診傷員集合
sick headache
n. 伴有嘔吐的頭痛
sick parade
n. <英>[軍](請病假的)病號
sick person
病員,患者
be sick
噁心, 嘔吐
四、參考例句:
The sick woman moaned.
那位生病的女人在呻吟。
He's very sick.
他病得很厲害。
Norman is sick.
諾曼生病了。
It will make you sick.
那會使你生病。
He's sick from malnutrition.
他因營養不良而生病。
His mother's very sick.
I feel sick of her.
我特別討厭她。
She has a sick stomach.
她有胃病。
Her mother is very sick.
她母親病得很厲害。
I'm sick of your slams.
對於你的謾罵我真受夠了。