sth ails sb
常用于疑问句,表示困扰或不适的原因。
What ails you?
什么使你不舒服?
折磨;使苦恼
ailed — past of ail
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折磨;使苦恼
to cause pain or trouble to someone; to afflict
What ails you?
什么使你不舒服?
现多用于疑问句或不定结构中
使受苦;使烦恼,折磨。(现多用于疑问或不定结构。)
To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
生病;受苦;感到困扰。
To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
ail
Base
原形
ails
3rd person
第三人称单数
ailing
-ing
现在分词
ailed
Past
过去式
ailed
Past participle
过去分词
He ails from a fever.
他发烧生病了。
She ailed for a month.
她病了一个月。
The old man is ailing from a chronic illness.
这位老人正因慢性病而受苦。
规则动词
He has been ailing for months and cannot go to work.
他病了好几个月,不能去上班。
What ails you? You look pale and tired.
你怎么了?你看起来脸色苍白,很疲惫。
The company's finances continue to ail despite the new investments.
尽管有新投资,公司的财务状况仍然不佳。
常用于疑问句,表示困扰或不适的原因。
What ails you?
什么使你不舒服?
进行时态表示持续生病或处于不佳状态。
She has been ailing for months.
她已病了好几个月。
较少单独使用,常与from连用,但现代英语中更常用进行时。
The economy continues to ail.
经济持续不振。
Not this
He has an ail.
Use this
He has an ailment.
Ail是动词,不能用作名词;表示“疾病”应使用名词ailment或illness。
Not this
I feel ail.
Use this
I feel ill.
Ail是动词,不能用作形容词描述状态;应使用形容词ill或sick。
Not this
She ails from a cold.
Use this
She has a cold.
Ail作为不及物动词,通常不接介词from表示病因;直接说患有什么病更自然。
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什么使某人苦恼;某人哪里不舒服
Tell me what ails you.
告诉我什么在困扰你。
生病;身体不适
She has been ailing since last winter.
她从去年冬天起就一直生病。
不景气的经济
The new policy aims to revive the ailing economy.
新政策旨在重振不景气的经济。
困扰某个行业的问题
We need to solve the problems that ail the tech industry.
我们需要解决困扰科技行业的问题。
什么在困扰你?
You look worried — what ails you?
你看起来忧心忡忡——什么在困扰你?
陷入困境的经济;不景气的经济
The new policy aims to boost the ailing economy.
新政策旨在提振不景气的经济。
陷入困境的巨头
Analysts doubt the ailing giant can survive another year.
分析人士怀疑这家陷入困境的巨头能否再撑一年。
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记忆:ail 与 ill(生病)形近,看到 ail 就想到“使生病、使苦恼”。
语域:formal 常见场景:正式写作或文学语境、疑问句或不定结构中 此词多用于正式或书面语,表示“使苦恼、折磨”时比较常见于疑问句或不定结构;口语中较少使用。
及物动词表示'使苦恼',不及物动词表示'生病'或'处境困难'
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