be sickening
系表结构，表示主语令人厌恶。
The violence in the movie was sickening.
电影中的暴力令人作呕。
令人厌恶的；使人作呕的；引起疾病的
引起恶心或厌恶的；令人惊叹的,极好的；引起呕吐的
causing disgust or strong dislike; morally offensive
引起恶心或厌恶的
Causing sickness or disgust.
令人惊叹的,极好的
Amazing, fantastic.
The smell from the garbage can was sickening.
垃圾桶里散发出的气味令人作呕。
用法提示：形容词，作表语，表示“令人作呕的”。
It was sickening to see how they treated the helpless animal.
看到他们这样对待那只无助的动物，真让人厌恶。
用法提示：形容词，用于“it was sickening to do”结构，表示“令人厌恶的”。
She felt a sickening thud as the car hit the barrier.
汽车撞上护栏时，她感到一声令人心惊的重击。
用法提示：形容词，作定语修饰名词，表示“使人难受的/令人心惊的”。
系表结构，表示主语令人厌恶。
The violence in the movie was sickening.
电影中的暴力令人作呕。
定语用法，修饰名词，表示令人厌恶的某物。
There was a sickening smell coming from the fridge.
冰箱里传来一股令人恶心的气味。
后接不定式，表示做某事令人厌恶。
It is sickening to see how much food is wasted.
看到这么多食物被浪费，令人作呕。
grammar · medium
易错句子I feel sickening after eating that food.
正确表达I feel sick after eating that food.
Sickening 是形容词，意为‘令人作呕的’，用于描述事物本身，而非人的感受。表示‘感到恶心’应用 sick。
grammar · medium
易错句子The sickening of the smell made me leave.
正确表达The sickening smell made me leave.
Sickening 是形容词，不能作名词使用。直接修饰名词即可，如 sickening smell。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am sickening, so I will stay home.
正确表达I am getting sick, so I will stay home.
动词 sicken 的现在分词形式不常用于表示‘生病’，地道说法是 get sick 或 fall ill。
sick表示‘生病的’或‘感到恶心的’（主观感受），而sickening表示‘令人作呕的’（客观性质）。
sickly通常指‘体弱多病’或‘显得病态的’，而sickening强调‘引起厌恶’的强烈感觉。
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