ill和sick在英语里都是形容词,含义都是生病了。但sick的用法要比ill强大的多。 二者的共同点是,都可以用在如下系动词后面: be, become, feel, look 或 seem。例如,I was ill for a time last year, but I’m fine now. 或 I felt sick and had to go home at lunchtime. 然而,sick 除了可以用在系动词后面外,还可以用在名词前面做定语,而ill则无此用法。例如:She’s been looking after a sick child this week, so she’s not at work. 在上面的句子中,我们不能使用 an ill child。 Sick 恶心的,想吐的sick还可以表示恶心的,想吐的。例如 Lucy felt sick the morning after the party.(露西在聚会后的第二天早上觉得恶心。)。再例如,She was sick after she ate too much chocolate. 她吃了太多巧克力之后吐了。 最后,sick还可以与air, car, sea等词组成新的形容词,如:
例如,I was/felt seasick, so I went up on deck for some fresh air. 我有些晕船,所以到甲板上呼吸些新鲜空气。 |
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