disease, illness,sickness的用法区别
(2010-08-02 20:48:38)
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disease, illness,sickness的用法区别
一、 disease 表示“疾病”, 弊病,通常指具体的“疾病”(可数)。如:
- Most diseases could be wiped out. 多数疾病是可以消灭的。
- I caught the disease from you. 这病我是从你那传染来的。注:有时指疾病的总称(不可数),即通称的“疾病”。如:
- Rats spread disease. 老鼠传染疾病。
- Cleanliness helps prevent disease. 清洁有助于预防疾病。
- a family disease遗传病
- prevent and cure diseases预防和治疗疾病
- Diseases come on horseback and go away on foot.[谚]得病容易去病难。
- diseases of society社会弊端
二、
- He can’t come because of illness. 他因病不能来。
- He died after a long illness. 他死之前病了很久。
- She is cheerful in spite of her illness. 她尽管有病,但还是快乐。
- He has had a bad illness, but he is better now.他得了一场大病,可是现在他好多了。
- a country sickness思乡病;noise sickness噪声(引起的)疾病;morning sickness(妇女怀孕初期的)晨吐
三、用于医学上表示各种病称时,通常用 disease。如:
- contagious diseases
传染病
- English disease 气管炎
- heart disease
心脏病
- lung disease 肺病
- a nervous disease
神经病
- a sex disease 性病
- skin disease
皮肤病
等等 - 注:有个别搭配也用 illness。如:
- mental illness [sickness] 精神病