n.病;疾病
His illness diminished his health. 疾病侵蚀了他的健康。
He will pull through his illness soon. 他很快就会恢复健康的。
Worry and illness had made him prematurely old. 他心事重重、 疾病缠身,落得个未老先衰。
A mysterious illness is affecting all the animals. 一种奇怪的疾病正在侵袭所有的动物。
illness是由ill加后缀ness构成的合成词,是“病,疾病”的意思,多指生病的状态。
illness强调疾病的种类时,用作可数名词; 表示抽象含义,强调生病的状况时,用作不可数名词。
after illness可指“病愈之后”,也可指“生病以后”。
n.静止;沉静