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suffer from rheumatism
suffer from 常用于描述长期或慢性疾病。
Many elderly people suffer from rheumatism.
许多老年人患有风湿病。
风湿病
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风湿病
any painful disorder of the joints, muscles, or connective tissues
Many elderly people suffer from rheumatism.
许多老年人患有风湿病。
肌肉、肌腱、关节、骨骼或神经的任何疾患,以疼痛、不适和功能丧失为特征
Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
关节、肌肉或结缔组织的任何疼痛性疾病
any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
萎缩性关节炎,类风湿性关节炎
Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
一种慢性自身免疫性疾病,关节发炎并有明显畸形；可能由病毒引发,免疫系统攻击滑膜,释放细胞因子,刺激炎症反应,可能导致关节所有成分的破坏
a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
My grandmother's rheumatism makes it hard for her to climb stairs in winter.
我祖母的风湿病让她冬天爬楼梯很困难。
The doctor said that regular exercise can help ease the pain of rheumatism.
医生说经常锻炼有助于缓解风湿病的疼痛。
He takes warm baths to relieve the stiffness caused by his rheumatism.
他洗热水澡来缓解风湿病引起的僵硬。
suffer from 常用于描述长期或慢性疾病。
Many elderly people suffer from rheumatism.
许多老年人患有风湿病。
用 have 表示患病，搭配 in 指出具体发病位置。
She has rheumatism in her wrists.
她手腕患有风湿病。
rheumatism 通常视为不可数名词，谓语用单数。
Rheumatism affects the joints and muscles.
风湿病会影响关节和肌肉。
Not this
He has a rheumatism.
Use this
He has rheumatism.
rheumatism 表示‘风湿病’时为不可数名词，不能用不定冠词 a，直接说 has rheumatism。
Not this
She is suffering from rheumatic.
Use this
She is suffering from rheumatism.
rheumatic 是形容词，意为‘风湿的’；这里需要名词 rheumatism 作 suffer from 的宾语。
Not this
Rheumatism disease can be very painful.
Use this
Rheumatism can be very painful.
rheumatism 本身已指疾病，不能再与 disease 连用构成‘rheumatism disease’，应直接用 rheumatism。
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患风湿病
My grandmother suffers from rheumatism in her knees.
我祖母膝盖患风湿病。
慢性风湿病
He has had chronic rheumatism for years.
他患慢性风湿病已有多年。
急性风湿病
The doctor said the pain was caused by acute rheumatism.
医生说疼痛是由急性风湿病引起的。
关节风湿
The damp weather makes her rheumatism in the joints worse.
潮湿的天气使她的关节风湿加重。
缓解风湿病
These pills help to relieve rheumatism.
这些药丸有助于缓解风湿病。
Use rheumatism naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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把 rheumatism 记成 'rheu（湿冷的风）+ matism'，想象风湿病发作时关节像被湿风钻着疼，看到 rheu 就想起风湿。
语域：mixed 常见场景：医疗问诊或健康科普中描述关节、肌肉疼痛、日常口语中笼统地提到风湿痛 rheumatism 的正式程度视场合而定：多用于医疗、书面或较正式的表达，日常口语中也常笼统地指关节或肌肉疼痛。
与 rheumatism 开头的 /ruː/ 音相同的有 rheumatic(/ruːˈmætɪk/) 和 room(/ruːm/)；baptism(/ˈbæptɪzəm/) 结尾的 /tɪzəm/ 与 rheumatism 的 -tism 部分相同。注意：rhythm、rhyme、rhetoric 虽也以 rh- 开头，但读音分别为 /ˈrɪðəm/、/raɪm/、/ˈretərɪk/，与 rheumatism 的 /ˈruməˌtɪzəm/ 不同，不要混淆。
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