词汇精选：sick的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adj.

不舒服的，有病的，病态的

例句：

In dealing with sick old people nurses must practise great patience.

照顾老年病人，护士必须付出相当大的耐心。

例句：

He was so sick that he vomited right in the middle of dinner.

他很不舒服了，晚餐吃到一半的时候就呕吐了。

恶心的，厌恶的

例句：

I will say the very thought of you make me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.

我就说，我一想起你就恶心，你对我残酷到了可耻的地步。

例句：

A dim, sick, faint feeling came over him.

他心中涌起一阵微微的昏晕恶心的感觉。

渴望的

例句：

He was sick for a sight of her by then.

在这期间他非常渴望看到他。

n.

病人

例句：

Moral responsibility is the burden of the sick as well as the healthy.

担负起道德责任不仅是健康人的职责，也是患者的义务。

例句：

He raised his voice against the lack of provision for the mentally sick.

他强烈反对对精神病患者的供给缺乏。

例句：

Norman is [sick].

诺曼生病了。

v.

攻击，使狗去咬 [T]

例句：

The brat sicked his dog on the passer-by.

那个顽童纵狗去咬过路人。

二、词义辨析：

ill,sick

这两个形容词均有“生病的”之意。ill在英国较常用，指“生病”时，通常作表语，不可作定语。在美国，ill用作表语时可与sick换用。sick多用于美国，作“生病”解时，既可作表语，也可作定语。在英国，sick作表语，不指生病，而指“恶心、呕吐”。

三、相关短语：

sick berth

n. 船上诊所，病房

sick leave

n. 病假,病假工资

sick list

n. 病人名单

sick pay

n. 病假工资

sick of

厌烦

sick benefit

n. 患病津贴

sick call

n. [军]就诊伤员集合

sick headache

n. 伴有呕吐的头痛

sick parade

n. <英>[军](请病假的)病号

sick person

病员,患者

be sick

恶心, 呕吐

四、参考例句：

The sick woman moaned.

那位生病的女人在呻吟。

He's very sick.

他病得很厉害。

Norman is sick.

诺曼生病了。

It will make you sick.

那会使你生病。

He's sick from malnutrition.

他因营养不良而生病。

His mother's very sick.

I feel sick of her.

我特别讨厌她。

She has a sick stomach.

她有胃病。

Her mother is very sick.

她母亲病得很厉害。

I'm sick of your slams.

对于你的谩骂我真受够了。