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for good or ill
For good or ill, we have to accept the decision.
无论是好是坏，我们都必须接受这个决定。
For good or ill, we have to accept the decision.
无论是好是坏，我们都必须接受这个决定。
常作复数 ills
麻烦；困扰；不幸；逆境
Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
身体持续不适或疾病；抱怨的原因
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
伤害或损害
Harm or injury.
邪恶；道德上的错误
Evil; moral wrongfulness.
The doctor said that rest is the best cure for these ills.
医生说过休息是治疗这些疾病的最佳方法。
We must address the social ills that plague our community.
我们必须解决困扰我们社区的社会弊病。
He warned of the ills that come from greed.
他警告贪婪带来的种种祸害。
For good or ill, we have to accept the decision.
无论是好是坏，我们都必须接受这个决定。
此结构常用于指代社会、经济等方面的严重问题或弊病。
We must address the ills of poverty.
我们必须解决贫困的弊端。
这是个固定表达，ill在此为名词，意为‘坏事、不幸’。
I don't wish you any ill.
我并不希望你遭受任何不幸。
Not this
He suffered from a serious ill.
Use this
He suffered from a serious illness.
英语中，名词 ill 很少用来指具体的疾病，而 illness 是表示疾病的可数名词。ill 作名词常表示抽象意义上的伤害或罪恶，或用于复数 ills 表示问题。
Not this
The government must address the ill of society.
Use this
The government must address the ills of society.
当 ill 表示坏事、问题等抽象含义时，通常使用复数形式 ills，例如 the ills of society。单数形式 ill 在此语境中不自然。
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社会弊病
Poverty and crime are serious social ills.
贫困和犯罪是严重的社会弊病。
经济困境
The new policy aims to fix the country's economic ills.
新政策旨在解决国家的经济困境。
身体疾病
Traditional Chinese medicine can ease many bodily ills.
中医能缓解许多身体疾病。
诸多弊病
Modern life brings a host of ills.
现代生活带来了诸多弊病。
并无恶意
I mean you no ill; I only want to help.
我并无恶意，只是想帮忙。
无论好坏；好歹
For good or ill, social media has changed the way we communicate.
不论好坏，社交媒体已经改变了我们的沟通方式。
社会弊病；社会弊端
The documentary looks at the ills of society, from poverty to pollution.
这部纪录片审视社会弊病，从贫困到污染。
包治百病的良方；解决所有问题的办法
Technology is often seen as a cure for all ills, but it creates new problems too.
科技常被视为包治百病的良方，但它也会带来新的问题。
它使我们宁愿忍受现有的种种苦难，也不愿投奔其他未知的苦难。
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the prince says people would rather bear the ills they have than risk an unknown future.
在莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中，王子说人们宁愿忍受现有的苦难，也不愿冒险面对未知的未来。
Use ill naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 ill 联想成病中发出的叹息“哎哟”，名词 ills 就是种种病痛、灾祸与不幸。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news/opinion articles、literary prose 作名词时通常较正式，多用于书面语或文学/评论语境，常指困难、灾祸、弊端（如 the ills of society），也可指疾病/病痛；日常口语中更常说 illness、trouble 或 problem。
通常用作可数名词，常用复数形式，表示疾病或灾祸。
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