Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #4951
sickness
疾病；患病
Illness; the state or condition of being sick or diseased.
- 1.
The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; an illness.
- 2.
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
影响部分或全部生物体的正常生理功能的损害
- 3.
Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
- 4.
defectiveness or unsoundness
缺陷或不健全
- 5.
The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.
- 6.
the state that precedes vomiting
呕吐前的状态
恶心；想吐；缺陷；不健全；语法格的类推误用；影响部分或全部生物体的正常生理功能的损害；缺陷或不健全
In use
His sickness kept him in bed for a week.
The doctor diagnosed her sickness as a common cold.
She suffers from motion sickness on long flights.
drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure
a great sickness of his judgment
sickness in [noun/place]
Sickness in the community is spreading rapidly.
社区中的疾病正在迅速蔓延。
sickness of [noun]
用于比喻。
The sickness of corruption is hard to cure.
腐败这种疾病难以治愈。
Connections
Collocations
- motion sickness
- 晕动病
- She took medication to prevent motion sickness during the boat trip.她服用了药物以防止在乘船旅行中晕动病。
- morning sickness
- 孕吐
- Many pregnant women experience morning sickness in the first trimester.许多孕妇在孕早期会经历孕吐。
- altitude sickness
- 高原反应
- Hikers should acclimatize slowly to avoid altitude sickness.徒步旅行者应缓慢适应以避免高原反应。
- sickness absence
- 病假缺勤
- The company monitors sickness absence to improve employee well-being.公司监控病假缺勤以改善员工福祉。
- cause sickness
- 致病
- Poor sanitation can cause sickness in densely populated areas.卫生条件差可能导致人口密集地区的疾病。
- sickness benefit
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Sickness = sick（病） + ness（名词后缀），联想生病状态。
Context & Register
多用于日常或非正式场合，指身体不适或疾病状态；在医学术语中较少使用，更常见 illness 或 disease。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ness: thickness rhymes exactly; fitness, witness, illness share the stressed vowel /ɪ/ but differ in the following consonant; happiness and darkness have different stressed vowels.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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