Word · Frequency #21560
ails
折磨；使苦恼
ails is the third person singular of ail.
to cause pain or trouble to someone; to afflict
现多用于疑问句或不定结构中
- 1.
To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
使受苦；使烦恼,折磨。(现多用于疑问或不定结构。)
- 2.
To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
生病；受苦；感到困扰。
生病；不适；使受苦；使烦恼,折磨。(现多用于疑问或不定结构。)；生病；受苦；感到困扰。；使苦恼；生病
In use
He has been ailing for months and cannot go to work.
What ails you? You look pale and tired.
The company's finances continue to ail despite the new investments.
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？
sb is ailing
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。
sb ails (from sth)
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。
Connections
Collocations
- what ails someone
- 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。
- be ailing
- 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。
- ailing economy
- 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。
- problems that ail an industry
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- what ails you
- 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？
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：ail 与 ill（生病）形近，看到 ail 就想到“使生病、使苦恼”。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
及物动词表示'使苦恼'，不及物动词表示'生病'或'处境困难'
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都与 ail 一样押 /eɪl/ 韵。注意拼写相似的 aisle（/aɪl/）和 all（/ɔːl/）发音不同，不与 ail 押韵；ail 读作 /eɪl/，不是 /aɪl/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.