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sicken (intransitive: become ill)
常用于描述生病的过程。
The patient sickened and was taken to hospital.
病人病倒了，被送往医院。
使生病
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使生病
make (someone) ill
The patient sickened and was taken to hospital.
病人病倒了，被送往医院。
使生病
To make ill.
生病
To become ill.
使厌恶或憎恶
To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
降低地位
To lower the standing of.
sicken
Base
原形
sickens
3rd person
第三人称单数
sickening
-ing
现在分词
sickened
Past
过去式
sickened
Past participle
过去分词
The smell of rotten food sickens me.
腐烂食物的气味使我恶心。
He sickened after eating the spoiled meat.
他吃了变质的肉后生病了。
The pollution has sickened many residents.
污染使许多居民患病。
规则变化动词
The contaminated water sickened dozens of residents.
受污染的水使几十名居民生病了。
If you drink this untreated milk, it may sicken you.
如果你喝这种未经处理的牛奶，它可能会让你生病。
The heat and lack of clean food sickened the travelers within days.
炎热和缺少干净食物使旅行者几天内就病倒了。
常用于描述生病的过程。
The patient sickened and was taken to hospital.
病人病倒了，被送往医院。
The sight of blood sickens him.
看到血让他感到恶心。
常用于表达强烈的反感。
She was sickened by the cruel treatment of animals.
她对虐待动物的行为感到厌恶。
Not this
The smell sickens.
Use this
The smell sickens me.
sicken 作为及物动词时，必须接宾语，表示“使某人恶心”。学生误将其当作不及物动词使用，遗漏了宾语。
Not this
The smell made me sicken.
Use this
The smell sickened me.
sicken 本身已是及物动词，表示“使恶心”，无需再用 make 构成使役结构。学生受中文“使……生病”影响，重叠使用使役动词和 sicken，导致冗余错误。
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使某人生病；使某人病倒
The contaminated water sickened half the village.
受污染的水让半个村子的人生了病。
对……感到厌恶；被……恶心到
I was sickened by the smell of decay.
腐败的气味让我感到恶心。
将要得……病；出现……的症状
I think she's sickening for a cold.
我觉得她快要感冒了。
对……感到厌倦；厌烦……
He sickened of the constant delays.
他对无休止的延误感到厌倦。
病倒而死；得病死亡
The fish sickened and died in the polluted lake.
鱼在受污染的湖中病倒死去。
对……感到厌倦；对……感到厌恶
He sickened of city life and moved to the countryside.
他对城市生活感到厌倦，于是搬到了乡下。
对……感到恶心；对……感到憎恶
She sickened at the smell of rotting food.
她一闻到腐烂食物的气味就感到恶心。
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sicken = sick + en，像看到恶心的东西一样反胃，既指使人生病，也指令人厌恶。
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical/health contexts、formal or literary prose、expressions of disgust or revulsion sicken 的各个义项语域并不完全相同：表示“使生病”或“生病”时通常比 get sick 更正式；表示“使厌恶、使作呕”时也多用于书面或文学性表达。因此整体语域可视为混合，具体使用时需根据上下文判断。
与 sicken 押韵（重读元音和后面的 /kən/ 相同）的有：chicken、thicken、quicken、stricken。注意：waken、shaken 虽以 -ken 结尾，但元音不同，不押韵。
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