ill /il/ I. adj. (worse /wə:s/, worst /wə:st/) 1. 病的：You look ill these days. 近来你的气色不好。He has been ill for a long time.他病了很久了。fall ill生病，得病：I’m afraid he may have fallen ill.我怕他可能病倒了。2.坏的，不良的(仅作定语)：Ill news flies/travels fast. ［谚］坏事传千里。 ‖II.adv. 坏，不利地：They spoke ill of Tom. 他们把汤姆说得很坏。
illness /ˈilnis/ n. ［c］ 疾病：pretend illness 装病；have a bad illness 生了一场重病；transmit the illness to sb. 把病传染给某人；triumph over illness 战胜疾病；recover from one’s illness 痊愈；be liable to illness 容易生病
［辨析］与disease和sickness辨见disease
