ill
/ ?l; ?l/ adj
(US usu 美式英語通常作 sick) [usu pred 通常作表語] physically or mentally unwell; sick （身體上或精神上）不適, 不健康, 有病: He's been ill for two weeks. 他病了兩個星期了. * She fell ill/was taken ill suddenly. 她突然病了. =>Usage at sick 用法見sick.
[attrib 作定語] (a) not good; bad 不好的; 不良的; 壞的; 糟糕的: ill health 不健康 * people of ill repute, ie with a bad reputation 名聲不好的人. (b) harmful; intending harm 有害的; 邪惡的: suffer no ill effects 未受壞影響. (c) unkind; resentful 不友好的; 敵意的; 怨恨的: bear sb no ill will 對某人不存惡意 * You ought to apologize and show there is no ill feeling between you. 妳應當道歉, 表明妳們之間並無惡感.
[attrib 作定語] not favourable 不利的; 不吉的: ill luck 惡運 * a bird of ill omen, ie one thought to bring bad luck 不祥之鳥.
(idm 習語) it's an ,ill `wind (that blows nobody any good) (saying 諺) few things are so bad that they don't offer some good to sb 世上鮮有絕對的壞事; 害於此者利於彼.
> ill n (fml 文)
1 [U] harm; evil 傷害; 惡行; 邪惡: I wish him no ill. 我對他並無惡感.
2 [C usu pl 通常作復數] problem; misfortune 困難; 不幸; 苦惱: the various ills of life 人生種種苦難.