单词 | ill |
例句 | ill adjective 1.•she was feeling rather ill:unwell, sick, not (very) well, ailing, poorly, sickly, peaked, indisposed, infirm | out of sorts, not oneself, bad, off, in a bad way, far gone | bedridden, valetudinarian | queasy, nauseous, nauseated | informal under the weather, laid up, rotten, crummy, lousy, pukey, dizzy, woozy, green around the gills, like death warmed over. ANT well, healthy. 2.•the ill effects of smoking:harmful, damaging, detrimental, deleterious, adverse, injurious, hurtful, destructive, pernicious, dangerous | unhealthy, unwholesome, poisonous, noxious | literary malefic, maleficent. ANT good, beneficial. 3.•ill feelings had divided them for years:hostile, antagonistic, acrimonious, inimical, antipathetic | unfriendly, unsympathetic, unkind | resentful, spiteful, malicious, vindictive, malevolent, bitter. ANT friendly, warm. 4.•an ill omen:unlucky, adverse, unfavorable, unfortunate, unpropitious, inauspicious, unpromising, infelicitous, ominous, sinister | literary direful. ANT auspicious. 5.•ill manners:rude, discourteous, impolite, improper | impertinent, insolent, impudent, uncivil, disrespectful | informal ignorant. ANT good, polite. 6.•the ill management of the front office:bad, poor, incompetent, unsatisfactory, inadequate, inexpert, deficient. ANT good, competent.▶noun 1. (ills) •the ills of society:problems, troubles, evils, difficulties, misfortunes, trials, tribulations | worries, anxieties, concerns | informal headaches, hassles | archaic travails. 2.•he wished them no ill:harm, hurt, injury, damage, pain, trouble, misfortune, suffering, distress. 3. (ills) •the body's ills:illnesses, ailments, disorders, complaints, afflictions, sicknesses, diseases, maladies, infirmities.▶adverb 1.•such behavior ill becomes a chief executive:poorly, badly, imperfectly. ANT well. 2.•the look on her face boded ill for her opponents:unfavorably, adversely, badly, inauspiciously. ANT well, auspiciously. 3.•he can ill afford the loss of income:barely, scarcely, hardly, only just, (only) with difficulty, just possibly. ANT easily. 4.•we are ill prepared for another flood:inadequately, unsatisfactorily, insufficiently, imperfectly, poorly, badly. ANT well, satisfactorily. PHRASES ill at ease •Ritchie was cautioned not to appear ill at ease in the courtroom:awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable, embarrassed, self-conscious, out of place, inhibited, gauche | restless, restive, fidgety, discomfited, worried, anxious, on edge, edgy, nervous, tense, high-strung | informal twitchy, jittery, discombobulated, antsy. speak ill of •we never heard him once speak ill of his ex-wife:denigrate, disparage, criticize, be critical of, speak badly of, be malicious about, blacken the name of, run down, insult, abuse, attack, revile, malign, vilify, slur | informal badmouth, dis, bitch about, slag | formal derogate | rare asperse. |
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