sickness

noun

/ˈsɪknəs/

[uncountable] illness; bad health疾病；不健康
- She's been off work because of sickness.她因病没有上班。
- insurance against sickness and unemployment疾病和失业保险
Synonyms illness
illness
- sickness
- ill health
- trouble
These are all words for the state of being physically or mentally ill.
- illness the state of being physically or mentally ill指身体或精神上的疾病
- sickness illness; bad health:
  I recommend you get insurance against sickness and unemployment.我建议你办个疾病和失业保险。
illness or sickness?用 illness 还是 sickness？Sickness is used especially in contexts concerning work and insurance. It is commonly found with words such as pay, leave, absence and insurance. Illness has a wider range of uses and is found in more general contexts.
- ill health (rather formal) the state of being physically ill or having lots of health problems:指健康状况不佳：
  She resigned because of ill health.她因健康状况不佳而辞职。
  Ill health often lasts a long period of time.
- trouble illness or pain:
  heart trouble.心脏疾病
  When trouble is used with this meaning, it is necessary to say which part of the body is affected.
Patterns
- chronic illness/sickness/ill health
- to suffer from illness/sickness/ill health/heart, etc. trouble
- Staff sickness rates are at record levels.员工发病率创历史新高。
- The Personnel Department keeps a record of employees absent through sickness.人事部把员工因病缺勤的情况记录下来。
- The policy includes long-term sickness cover.保险单包括长期疾病保险。
Topics Illnessb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- chronic
- long
- long-term
- …
verb + sickness
- feign
sickness + noun
- absence
- benefit
- cover
- …
preposition
- due to sickness
- owing to sickness
- through sickness
- …
[uncountable, countable, usually singular] a particular type of illness or disease…病；…症
- travel/radiation sickness旅行/辐射疾病
- a sickness common in the tropics热带常见病。
- This activity may induce motion sickness.这种活动可能引发晕动病。
see also altitude sickness, decompression sickness, motion sickness, sleeping sickness
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- acute
- chronic
- severe
- …
verb + sickness
- cause
- induce
- experience
- …
[uncountable] (especially British English) the feeling that you are likely to vomit (= bring food back up from the stomach to the mouth); the fact of vomiting恶心；呕吐 synonym nausea
- symptoms include sickness and diarrhoea症状包括呕吐和腹泻
- The sickness passed off after a while.过了一会儿，就不觉得恶心了。
see also morning sickness
- The sickness rose inside him.他心里一阵恶心。
- After a few minutes the sickness subsided.几分钟过后，恶心的感觉渐渐缓解了。
- Several workers complained of feelings of sickness and headaches.几个工人表示感到恶心、头痛。
Collocations Dictionary
verb + sickness
- suffer
- suffer from
sickness + verb
- rise
phrases
- a feeling of sickness
[singular] a feeling of being very sad, disappointed or full of horror悲伤；失望；厌恶；反感
- He felt a sickness rise in him at the thought of leaving.一想到要离开，他就感到一阵恶心。
Topics Feelingsc2

词源Old English sēocnesse (see sick, -ness).

词汇	sickness
释义	sickness noun /ˈsɪknəs/ /ˈsɪknəs/ [uncountable] illness; bad health疾病；不健康 She's been off work because of sickness.她因病没有上班。 insurance against sickness and unemployment疾病和失业保险 Synonyms illnessillness sickness ill health trouble These are all words for the state of being physically or mentally ill. illness the state of being physically or mentally ill指身体或精神上的疾病 sickness illness; bad health: I recommend you get insurance against sickness and unemployment.我建议你办个疾病和失业保险。 illness or sickness?用 illness 还是 sickness？Sickness is used especially in contexts concerning work and insurance. It is commonly found with words such as pay, leave, absence and insurance. Illness has a wider range of uses and is found in more general contexts. ill health (rather formal) the state of being physically ill or having lots of health problems:指健康状况不佳： She resigned because of ill health.她因健康状况不佳而辞职。 Ill health often lasts a long period of time. trouble illness or pain: heart trouble.心脏疾病 When trouble is used with this meaning, it is necessary to say which part of the body is affected. Patterns chronic illness/sickness/ill health to suffer from illness/sickness/ill health/heart, etc. trouble Staff sickness rates are at record levels.员工发病率创历史新高。 The Personnel Department keeps a record of employees absent through sickness.人事部把员工因病缺勤的情况记录下来。 The policy includes long-term sickness cover.保险单包括长期疾病保险。 Topics Illnessb2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective chronic long long-term … verb + sickness feign sickness + noun absence benefit cover … preposition due to sickness owing to sickness through sickness … [uncountable, countable, usually singular] a particular type of illness or disease…病；…症 travel/radiation sickness旅行/辐射疾病 a sickness common in the tropics热带常见病。 This activity may induce motion sickness.这种活动可能引发晕动病。 see also altitude sickness, decompression sickness, motion sickness, sleeping sickness Collocations Dictionaryadjective acute chronic severe … verb + sickness cause induce experience … [uncountable] (especially British English) the feeling that you are likely to vomit (= bring food back up from the stomach to the mouth); the fact of vomiting恶心；呕吐 synonym nausea symptoms include sickness and diarrhoea症状包括呕吐和腹泻 The sickness passed off after a while.过了一会儿，就不觉得恶心了。 see also morning sickness The sickness rose inside him.他心里一阵恶心。 After a few minutes the sickness subsided.几分钟过后，恶心的感觉渐渐缓解了。 Several workers complained of feelings of sickness and headaches.几个工人表示感到恶心、头痛。 Collocations Dictionaryverb + sickness suffer suffer from sickness + verb rise phrases a feeling of sickness [singular] a feeling of being very sad, disappointed or full of horror悲伤；失望；厌恶；反感 He felt a sickness rise in him at the thought of leaving.一想到要离开，他就感到一阵恶心。 Topics Feelingsc2 词源Old English sēocnesse (see sick, -ness).
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